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CONSTITUTIONS, 


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FIRST    SESSION   OF   THE   PROVISIONAL   CONGRESS, 


CONFEDERATE  STATES. 


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MONTGOMERY,  ALA.: 

SHORTER  k  REID,   PRINTERS  AND   BINDERS 

1801. 


PROVISIONAL  AND  PERMANENT 

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CONSTITUTIONS, 


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FIRST   SESSION   OF   THE   PROVISIONAL   CONGRESS, 


CONFEDERATE  STATES. 


1861. 


MONTGOMERY,  ALA.: 

SHORTER  *  REID,  PRINTERS  AND  BINDERS 
1801. 


CONSTITUTION 

FOR  THE 

PROVISIONAL  GOVERNMENT 

OF  THE 

CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


We,  the  Deputies  of  the  Sovereign  and  Independent  States  of 
South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  and 
Louisiana,  invoking  the  favor  of  Almighty  God,  do  hereby,  in 
behalf  of  these  States,  ordain  and  establish  this  Constitution  for 
the  Provisional  Government  of  the  same:  to  continue  one  year 
from  the  inauguration  of  the  President,  or  until  a  permanent 
Constitution  or  Confederation  between  the  said  States  shall  be 
put  in  operation,  whichsoever  shall  first  occur. 

ARTICLE    I. 

SECTION  1. 

All  legislative  powers  herein  delegated  shall  be  vested  in  this 
Congress  now  assembled  until  otherwise  ordained. 
SECTION  2. 

When  vacancies  happen  in  the  representation  from  any  State, 
the  same  shall  be  filled  in  such  manner  as  the  proper  authorities 
of  the  State  shall  direct. 

SECTION  3. 
1.  The  Congress  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  elections,  returns 
and  qualifications  of  its  members ;  any  number  of  Deputies  from 
a  majority  of  the  States,  being  present,  shall  constitute  a  quorum 
to  do  business  ;  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from  day  to 
day,  and  may  be  authorized  to  compel  the  attendance  of  absent 


members;  upon  all  questions  before  the  Congress,  each  State 
shall  be  entitled  toone  vote,  and  shall  be  represented  by  any  one 
or  more  of  its  Deputies  who  may  be  present. 

2.  The  Congress  may  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings, 
punish  its  members  for  disorderly  behavior,  and  with  the  con- 
currenoe  of  two-thirds,  expel  a  member. 

:\.  The  Congress  shall  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings,  and 
from  time  to  time  publish  tin-  same,  excepting  such  parts  as 
may  in  their  judgment  require  secrecy;  and  the  yeas  and  nays 
of  the  members  on  any  question,  shall,  at  the  desire  of  one-fifth 
of  those  present,  or  at  the  instance  of  any  one  State,  be  catered 
on  the  journal. 

SECTION  4. 

The  members  of  Congress  shall  receive  a  compensation  for 
(.heir  services,  to  be  ascertained  by  law,  and  paid  out  of  the 
treasury  of  the  Confederacy.  They  shall  in  all  cases,  except 
treason,  felony  and  breach  of  the  peace,  be  privileged  from  ar- 
rest during  their  attendance  at  the  session  of  the  Congress,  and 
in  going  $0  and  returning  from  the  same ;  and  for  any  speech 
or  debate,  they  shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

SECTION  5. 

1.  Every  bill  which  shall  have  passed  the  Congress,  shall,  be- 
fore it  becomes  a  law,  be  presented  to  tWe- President  of  the  Con- 
federacy; if  he  approve,  he  shall  sign  it;  but  if  not,  he  shall  re- 
turn it  with  his  objections  to  the  Congress,  who  shall  enter  the 
objections  at  large  on  their  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider 
it.  If,  after  such  re-consideration,  two-thirds  of  the  Congress 
shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  become  a  law.  But  in  all 
such  cases,  the  vote  shall  be  determined  by  yeas  and  nays;  and 
the  names  of  the  persons  voting  for  and  against  the  bill  shall  be 
entered  on  the  journal.  If  any  bill  shall  not  be  returned  by  the 
President  within  ten  days  (Sundays  excepted)  after  it  shall  have 
been  presented  to  him,  the  same  shall  be  a  law,  in  like  manner, 
as  if  he  had  signed  it,  unless  the  Congress,  by  their  adjourn- 
ment, prevent  its  return,  in  which  case  it  shall  not  be  a  law. — 
The  President  may  veto  any  appropriation  or  apprdpriatfons  and 
approve  any  other  appropriation  or  appropriations  in  the  same 
bill. 

2.  Every  order,  resolution  or  vote,  intended  to  have  the  force 


and  effect  of  a  law,  shall  be  presented  to  the  President,  and  be- 
fore the  same  shall  take  effect,  shall  be  approved  by  him,  or  be- 
ing disapproved  by  him,  shall  be  re-passed  by  two-thirds  of  the 
Congress,  according  to  the  rules  anil  limitations  prescribed  in 
the  case  of  a  bill. 

3.  Until  the  Inauguration  of  the  President,  all  bills,  orders, 
resolutions  and  votes  adopted  by  the  Congress  shall  be  of  full 
force  without  approval  by  him. 

SBOTtON  6. 

1.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  lay  and  collect  taxes,  du- 
ties, imposts  and  excises,   for  the  revenue  necessary  to  pay  the 

ind  carry  on  the  Government  of  the  Confederacy ;  and 
all  duties,  imposts  and  excises  shall  be  uniform  throughout  the 
States  of  the  Confederacy. 

2.  To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  Confederacy! 

3.  To  regulate  commerce  with  foreign  nations,  and  among  the 
several  States,  ami  with  the  Indian  tribes: 

4.  To  establish  a  uniform  rule  of  naturalization,  and  uniform 
laws  (m  the  subject  of  bankruptcies  throughout  the  Confed- 
eracy : 

5.  To  coin  money,  regulate  the  value  thereof  and  of  foreign 
coin,  and  fix  the  standard  of  weights  and  measures  : 

6.  To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  counterfeiting  the  secu- 
rities and  current  coin  of  the  Confederacy  : 

7.  To  establish  post  offices  and  post  roads: 

8.  To  promote  the  progress  of  science  and  useful  arts,  by  se- 
curing, for  limited  times  to  authors  ami  inventors,  the  exclusive 
right  to  their  respective  writings  and  discoveries  ; 

9.  To  constitute  tribunals  inferior  to  the  supreme  court: 

10.  To  define  and  punish  piracies  and  felonies  committed  on 
the  high  seas,  and  offences  against  the  law  of  nations: 

11.  To  declare  war,  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  and 
make  rules  concerning  captures  on  land  and  water: 

12.  To  raise  and  support  armies  ;  hut  no  appropriation  of  mon- 
ey to  that  use  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than  two  years  : 

13.  To  provide  and  maintain  a  navy  : 

14.  To  make  rules  for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the 
land  and  naval  forces  : 

15.  To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the 


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laws  of  the  Confederacy,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  in- 
vasions : 

16.  To  provide  for  organizing,  arming,  ami  disciplining  the  mi- 
litia, and  for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employed 
in  the  Bervice  of  the  Confederacy,  reserving  to  the  States  respec- 
tively the  appointment  of  the  officers,  ami  the  authority  of  train- 
ing the  militia  .according  to  the  discipline  prescribed  by  Con- 
gress : 

17.  To  make  all  laws  that  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for 
Carrying  into  execution  the  foregoing  powers  and  all  other  pow- 
ers expressly  delegated  by  this  Constitution  to  this  Provisional 
Government: 

18.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  admit  other  States  : 

19.  This  Congress  shall  also  exercise  Executive  powers,  until 
the  President  is  inaugurated. 

SECTION  7. 

1.  The  importation  of  African  negroes  from  any  foreign  coun- 
try other  than  the  slave-holding  States  of  the  United  States,  is 
hereby  forbidden  ;  and  Congress  are  required  to  pass  such  laws 
as  shall  effectually  prevent  the  same. 

2.  The  Congress  shall  also  have  power  to  prohibit  the  intro- 
duction of  slaves  from  any  State  not  a  member  of  this  Confed- 
eracy. 

3.  The  privilege  of  the  writ  of  Habeas  Corpus  shall  not  be 
suspended  unless,  when  in  case  of  rebellion  or  invasion,  the  pub- 
lic safety  may  require  it. 

4.  No  Bill  of  Attainder,  or  ex  post  facto  law  shall  be  passed. 

5.  No  preference  shall  be  given,  by  any  regulation  of  com- 
merce or  revenue,  to  the  ports  of  one  State  over  those  of  anoth- 
er :  nor  shall  vessels  bound  to  or  from  one  State  be  oblige. 1  to 
enter,  clear,  or  pay  duties,  in  another. 

6.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury,  but  in  conse- 
quence of  appropriations  made  by  law  ;  and  a  regular  statement 
and  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  all  public  money 
shall  be  published  from  time  to  time. 

7.  Congress  shall  appropriate  no  money  from  the  treasury, 
unless  it  be  asked  and  estimated  for  by  the  President  or  some 
one  of  the  heads  of  Departments,  except  for  the  purpose  of  pay- 
ing its  own  expenses  and  contingencies. 

8.  No  title  of  nobility  shall  be  granted  by  the  Confederacy ; 


and  no  person  holding  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  under  it,  shall, 
without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  accept  of  any  present, 
emolument,  office,  or  title  of  any  kind  whatever,  from  any  king, 
prince,  or  foreign  State. 

9.  Congress  shall  make  no  law  respecting  an  establishment  of 
religion  or  prohibiting  the  free  exercises  thereof:  or  abridging 
the  freedom  of  speech,  or  of  the  press;  or  the  right  of  the  peo- 
ple peaceably  to  assemble,  and  to  petition  the  government  for  a 
redress  of  such  grievances  as  the  delegated  powers  of  this  Gov- 
ernment may  warrant  it  to  consider  and  redress. 

10.  A  well  regulated  militia  being  necessary  to  the  security 
of  a  free  State,  the  right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms 
shall  not  be  infringed. 

11.  No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  any 
house  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  ;  nor  in  time  of  war, 
but  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  law. 

12.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons, 
houses,  papers,  and  effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and 
seizures,  shall  not  be  violated  ;  and  no  warrants  shall  issue  but 
upon  probable  cause,  supported  by  oath  or  affirmation,  and  par- 
ticularly describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  persons  or 
things  to  be  seized. 

13.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  capital  or  other- 
wise infamous  crime,  unless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a 
grand  jury,  except  in  cases  arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces, 
or  in  the  militia,  when  in  actual  service  in  time  of  war  or  public 
danger  ;  nor  shall  any  person  be  subject  for  the  same  offence  to 
be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or  limb  ;  nor  shall  be  compelled 
in  any  criminal  case,  to  be  a  witness  against  himself;  nor  be  de- 
prived of  life,  liberty,  or  property,  without  due  process  of  law  ; 
nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use,  without  just 
compensation. 

14.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the 
right  to  a  speedy  and  public  trial,  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the 
State  and  district  wherein  the  crime  shall  have  been  committed, 
which  district  shall  have  been  previously  ascertained  by  law, 
and  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusation  ; 
to  be  confronted  with  the  witness  against  him ;  to  have  com- 
pulsory process  for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his  favor  ;  and  to  have 
the  assistance  of  counsel  for  his  defence. 

15.  In  suits  at  common  law,  where  the  value  in  controversy 


shall  exceed  twenty  dollars,  the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall  be 
preserved;  and  do  fact  tried  by  a  jury  shall  be  otherwise  re-ex- 
amined in  any  court  of  the  Confederacy,  than  according  to  the 
rules  of  the  common  law. 

10.  Excessive  hail  shall  not  he  required,  nor  excessive  flues 
imposed,  nor  cruel  and  unusual  punishment  intlicted. 

17.  The  enumeration,  in  the  Constitution,  of.  certain  rights, 
shall  not  he  construed  to  deny  or  disparage  others  retained  hy 

the  people. 

18.  The  powers  not  delegated  to  the  Confederacy  by  the  Con- 
stitution, nor  prohibited  by  it  to  the  State,  are  reserved  to  the 
States  respectively,  or  to  the  people. 

19.  Thejudicial  power  of  the  Confederacy  shallnot  be  construed 
to  extend  to  any  suit  in  law  or  equity,  commenced  or  prosecu- 
ted against  one  of  the  States  of  the  Confederacy,  by  citizens  of 
another  State,  or  by  citizens  or  subjects  of  any  foreign  State. 

SECTION  8. 

1.  No  State  shall  enter  into  any  treaty,  alliance,  or  confeder- 
ation ;  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal ;  coin  money  ;  emit 
bills  of  credit;  make  any  thing  but  gold  and  silver  coin  a  tender 
in  payment  of  debts;  pass  any  bill  of  attainder,  ex  post  facto 
law,  or  law  impairing  the  obligation  of  contracts;  or  grant  any 
title  of  nobility. 

2.  No  State  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  lay 
any  imposts  or  duties  on  imports  or  exports,  except  what  may 
be  absolutely  necessary  for  executing  its  inspection  laws ;  and 
the  nett  produce  of  all  duties  and  imposts,  laid  by  any  State  on 
imports  or  exports,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  treasury  of  the 
Confederacy,  and  all  such  laws  shall  be  subject  to  the  revision 
and  control  of  the  Congress.  No  State,  shall,  without  the  con- 
sent of  Congress,  lay  any  duty  of  tonnage,  enter  into  any  agree- 
ment or  compact  with  another  State,  or  with  a  foreign  power, 
or  engage  in  war,  unless  actually  invaded,  or  in  such  imminent 
danger  as  will  not  admit  of  delay. 

ARTICLE    II. 

SUCTION  1. 
1.  The  Executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  President  of  the 
Confederate   States  of  America.     He,   together   with  the   Vice 
President,  shall  hold  his  office  for  one  year,  or  until  this  Provis- 


ional  Government  shall  be  superceded  by  a  Permanent  Govern- 
ment, whichsoever  shall  first  occur. 

2.  The  President  and  Vice  President  shall  be  elected  by  bal- 
lot by  the  States  represented  in  this  Congress,  each  State  cast- 
ing one  vote  and  a  majority  of  the  whole  being  requisite  to 
elect. 

3.  No  person  except  a  natural  born  citizen,  or  a  citizen  of  one 
of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy  at  the  time  of  the  adopt  inn  of 
this  Constitution,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  President  J 
neither  shall  any  person  he  eligible  to  that  office  who  shall  not 
have  attained  the  age  of  thirty-five  years  and  been  fourteen  years 
a  resident  of  one  of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy. 

4.  In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  President  from  office  or  of 
his  death,  resignation  or  inability  to  discharge  the  powers  and 
duties  of  ihe  said  office,  (which  inability  shall  be  determined  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  Congress,)  the  same  shall  devolve  on 
the  Vice  President;  and  the  Congress  may  by  law  provide  for 
the  case  of  removal,  death,  resignation,  or  inability,  both  of  the 
President  and  Vice  President,  declaring  what  officer  shall  then 
act  as  President  ;  and  such  officer  shall  act  accordingly,  until 
the  disability    be  removed  or  a  President  shall  be   elected. 

5.  The  President  shall  at  stated  times  receive  for  his  services, 
during  the  period  of  the  Provisional  Governments  a  compensation 
at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  and  he 
shall  not  receive  daring  that  period  any  other  emolument  from 
this  Confederacy,  or  any  of  the  States  thereof. 

(J.  Before  he  enters  on  the  execution  of  his  office,  he  shall  take 
the  following  oath  or  affirmation  : 

1  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  T  will  faithfully  execute 
the  office  of  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and 
will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  preserve,  protect,  and  defend  the 
Constitution  thereof. 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  President  shall  be  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army 
and  Navy  of  the  Confederacy,  and  of  the  Militia  of  the  several 
States,  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  Confederacy  ; 
he  may  require  the  opinion,  in  writing,  of  the  principal  officer  in 
each  of  the  Executive  Departments,  upon  any  subject  relating 
to  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices;  and  he  shall  have  pow- 


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er  to  grant  reprieves  ami  pardons  tor  offences  against  the  Con- 
federaoy,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment. 

'i.  He  shall  have  power,  by  ami  with  the  advice  ami  consent 
of  the  Congress,  to  make  treaties;  provided  two-tbjrda  of  the 

Congress  concur:  and  he  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the 
advice  ami  consent  of  the  Congress  shall  appoint  ambassadors, 
other  public  ministers  ami  consuls,  judges  of  the  court,  and  all 
other  officers  of  the  Confederacy  whose  appointments  are  not 
herein  otherwise  provided  for.  and  which  shall  be  established  by 
law.  Hut  the  Congress  may,  by*  law,  vest  the  appointment  of 
such  inferior  officers  as  they  think  proper  in  the  President 
alone,  in  the  courts  of  law,  or  in  the  heads  of  departments. 

3.  The  President  shall  have  power  to  till  up  all  vacancies 
that  may  happen  during  the  recess  of  the  Comjav^s,  by  grant- 
ing commissions  which  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  their  next  ses- 
sion. 

SECTION  3. 

1.  He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  to  the  Congress  informa- 
tion of  the  state  of  the  Confederacy  and  recommend  to  their 
consideration  such  measures  as  he  shall  judge  necessary  and 
expedient;  he  may,  on  extraordinary  occasions,  convene  the 
Congress  at  such  times  as  he  shall  think  proper,;  he  shall  re- 
ceive ambassadorsand  other  public  ministers  ;  he  shall  take  care 
that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed ;  and  shall  commission  all 
the  officers  of  the  Confederacy. 

2.  The  President,  Vice  President,  and  all  civil  officers  of  the 
Confederacy  shall  be  removed  from  office  on  conviction  by  the 
Congress  of  treason,  bribery,  or  other  high  crimes  and  misde- 
meanors: a  vote  of  two-thirds  shall  be  necessary  ['or  such  con- 
viction. 

ARTICLE    III. 

,si-:ction  1. 

1.  The  judicial  power  of  the  Confederacy  shall  be  vested  in 
one  Supreme  Court,  and  in  such  inferior  courts  as  are  herein 
directed  or  as  the  Congress  may  from  time  to  time  ordain  and 
establish. 

2.  Each  State  shall  constitute  a  District  in  which  there  shall 
be  a  court  called  a  District  Court,  which,  until  otherwise  pro- 
vided by  the  Congress,  shall  have  the  jurisdiction  vested  by  the 


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laws  of  the  United  States,  as  far  as  applicable,  in  both  the  Dis- 
trict and  Circuit  Courts  of  the  United  States,  for  that  State ; 
the  Judge  whereof  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  and  shall, 
until  otherwise  provided  by  the  Congress,  exercise  the  pow- 
er and  authority  vested  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States  in 
the  Judges  of  the  District  and  Circuit  Courts  of  the  United 
States,  for  that  State,  and  shall  appoint  the  times  and  places  at 
which  the  courts  shall  be  held.  Appeals  may  be  taken  directly 
from  the  District  Courts  to  the  Supreme  Court,  under  similar 
regulations  to  those  which  are  provided  in  eases  of  appeal  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  or  under  sueh  regulations 
as  may  be  provided  by  the  Congress.  The  commissions  of  all 
the  judges  shall  expire  with  this  Provisional  Government. 

3.  The  Supreme  Court  shall  be  constituted  ot  all  the  District 
Judges,  a  majority  of  whom  shall  be  a  quorum,  and  shall  sit  at 
such  times  and  places  as  the  Congress  shall  appoint. 

4.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  make  laws  for  the  trans- 
fer of  any  causes  which  were  pending  in  the  courts  of  the  United 
States,  to  the  courts  of  the  Confederacy,  and  for  the  execution 
of  the  orders,  decrees,  and  judgments  heretofore  rendered  by 
the  said  courts  of  the  United  States;  ami  also  all  laws  which 
may  be  requisite  to  protect  the  parties  to  all  such  suits,  orders, 
judgments,  or  decrees,  their  heirs,  personal  representatives,  or 
assignees. 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  judicial  power  shall  extend  to  all  cases  of  law  and 
equity,  arising  under  this  Constitution,  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  and  of  this  Confederacy,  and  treaties  made,  or  which 
shall  be  made,  under  its  authority  ;  to  all  cases  affecting  ambas- 
sadors, other  public  ministers  and  consuls  ;  to  all  cases  of  admi- 
ralty and  maritime  jurisdiction  ;  to  controversies  to  which  tho 
Confederacy  shall  be  a  party;  controversies  between  two  or 
more  States ;  between  citizens  of  different  States ;  between  cit- 
izens of  the  same  State  claiming  lauds  under  grants  of  different 
States. 

2.  In  all  cases  affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers 
and  consuls,  and  those  in  which  a  State  shall  be  a  party,  the  su- 
preme court  shall  have  original  jurisdiction.  In  all  the  other 
cases  before  mentioned,  the  supreme  court  shall  have  appellate 


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jarisdiction  both  as  to  lav  and  fart,  with  such  exceptions  ami 
tinder  such  regulations  as  the  Congress  shall  make. 
:;.  The  trial  of  all  crimes  except  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall 

be  by  jury,  and  Bach  trial  shall    be  held    in    the  State    where  the 

said  crimes  shall  have  been  committed;  but  when  not  commit- 
ted within  any  State,  the  trial  shall  lie  at  Such  place  or  places 
as  the  Congress  may  by  law  have  directed. 

SECTION  8. 

1.  Treason  against  this  Confederacy  shall  consist  only  in  levy- 
ing war  against  it,  or  in  adhering  to  its  enemies,  giving  them 
aid  ami  comfort.  N<»  person  shall  be  convicted  of  treason  unless 
on  the  testimony  of  two  witnesses  to  the  same  overt  act,  or  on 
confession  in  open  court. 

l'.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  declare  the  punishment 
of  treason;  but  no  attainder  of  treason  shall  work  corruption  ot 
blood,  or  forfeiture,  except  during  the  life  of  the  person  at- 
tainted. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

SECTION  1. 

1.  Full  faith  and  credit  shall  be  given  in  each  State  to  the 
public  acts,  records,  and  judicial  proceedings  of  every  other  State. 
And  the  Congress  may,  by  general  laws,  prescribe  the  manner 
in  which  such  acts,  records,  and  proceedings  shall  be  proved 
and  the  effect  of  such  proof. 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  entitled  to  all  privileges 
and  immunities  of  citizens  in  the  several  Slates. 

2.  A  person  charged  in  any  State  with  treason,  felony,  or  oth- 
er crime,  who  shall  flee  from  justice,  and  be  found  in  another 
State,  shall,  on  demand  of  the  executive  authority  of  the  State 
from  which  he  fled,  be  delivered  op,  to  lie  removed  to  the  State 
having  jurisdiction  of  the  crime. 

3.  A  slave  in  one  State,  escaping  to  another,  shall  be  deliver- 
ed up  on  claim  of  the  party  to  whom  said  slave  may  belong  by 
the  executive  authority  of  the  State  in  which  such  slave  shall 
be  found,  and  in  case  of  any  abduction  or  forcible  rescue,  full 
compensation,  including  the  value  of  the  slave  and  all  costs  and 


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expenses,  shall  be  made  to  the  party,  by  the  State  in  which  such 
abduction  or  rescue  shall  take  place. 

SECTION  3. 

1.  The  Confederacy  shall  guaranty  toevery  State  in  this  union, 
a  republican  form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of 
them  against  invasion;  and  on  application  of  the  legislature,  or 
of  the  executive,  (when  the  legislature  cannot  be  convened,) 
against  domestic  violence. 

A  B TIC  LE    V. 

1.  The  Congress,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds,  may,  at  any  time, 
alter  or  amend  this  Constitution. 

A  11  T  I  C  L  E   VI. 

1.  This  Constitution,  and  the  laws  of  the  Confederacy  which 
shall  Ik'  made  in  pursuance  thereof,  and  all  treaties  made,  or 
which  shall  be  made,  under  the  authority  <•('  the  Confederacy, 
shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the  land  ;  and  the  judges  in  every 
State  shall  be  hound  thereby,  any  thing  in  the  Constitution  or 
laws  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

2.  The  Government  hereby  instituted  shall  take  immediate 
steps  for  the  settlement  of  all  matters  between  the  States  form- 
ing it,  and  their  other  late  confederates  of  the  United  States  in 
relation  to  the  public  property  and  public  debt  at  the  time  of 
their  withdrawal  from  them  ;  these  States  hereby  declaring  it 
to  be  their  wish  and  earnest  desire  to  adjust  everything  pertain- 
ing to  the  common  property,  common  liability  and  common  ob- 
ligations of  that  union,  upon  the  principles  of  right,  justice, 
equity,  and  good  faith. 

3.  Until  otherwise  provided  by  the  Congress,  the  city  of 
Montgomery,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  shall  be  the  seat  of  Gov- 
ernment. 

4.  The  members  of  the  Congress  and  all  executive  and  judi- 
cial officers  of  the  Confederacy  shall  be  bound  by  oath  or  affir- 
mation to  support  this  Constitution  ;  but  no  religious  test  shall 
be  required  as  a  qualification  to  any  office  or  public  trust  under 
this  Confederacy. 


CONSTITUTION 

OF  THE 

CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


We,  the  people  of  the  Confederate  States,  each  state  acting 
in  its  sovereign  and  independent  character,  in  order  to  form  a 
permanent  federal  government,  establish  justice,  insure  domes- 
tic tranquility  and  secure  the  blessings  of  liberty  to  ourselves 
and  our  posterity — invoking  the  favor  aud  guidance  of  Almighty 
God — do  ordain  and  establish  this  constitution  for  the  Confeder- 
ate States  of  America. 

ARTICLE    I. 
SECTION  1. 
All  legislative  powers  herein  delegated  shall  be  vested  in  a 
Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  which  shall  consist  of  a  Sen- 
ate and  House  of  Representatives. 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  House  of  Representatives  shall  be  composed  of  mem- 
bers chosen  every  second  year  by  the  people  of  the  several 
states  ;  and  the  electors  in  each  state  shall  be  citizens  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  have  the  qualifications  requisite  for 
electors  of  the  most  numerous  branch  of  the  state  legislature ; 
but  no  person  of  foreign  birth,  not  a  citizen  of  the  Confederate 
States,  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  for  any  officer,  civil  or  political, 
state  or  federal. 

2.  No  person  shall  be  a  Representative  who  shall  not  have 
attained  the  age  of  twenty-five  years,  and  be  a  citizen  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  who  shall  not,  when  eleeted,  be  an  in- 
habitant of  that  state  in  which  he  shall  be  chosen. 


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3.  Representatives  and  Direct  Taxes  shall  he  apportioned 
•along  tin' several  states,  which  may  be  included  within  tliis 
Confederacy,  according  to  their  respective  numbers,  which  shall 
be  determined  by  adding  to  the  whole  Dumber  of  free  persons, 
including  those  hound  to  service  for  a  term  of  years,  and  ex- 
cluding Indians  not  taxed,  three-fifths  of  all  slaves.  The  actual 
enumeration  shall  be  made  within  three  years  after  the  first 
meeting  of  the  Cbrigfess  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  within 
every  subsequent  term  of  ten  years,  in  such  maimer  as  they 
shall  by  law  direct.    The  number  of  Representatives  shall  not 

c.xivcd  one  for  every  fifty  thousand,  hut  each  state  shall  have 
at  least  one  Representative;  and  until  such  enumeration  shall 
be  made,  the  state  of  South  Carolina  shall  he  entitled  to  choose 
six— the  state  of  Georgia  ten — the  state  of  Alabama  nine — tiie 
state  of  Florida  two — the  state  of  Mississippi  seven — the  state 
of  Louisiana  six,  and  the  state  of  Texas  six. 

4.  When  vacancies  happen  in  the  representation  from  any 
state,  the  Executive  authority  thereof  shall  issue  writs  of  elec- 
tion to  fill  such  vacancies. 

5.  The  House  of  Representatives  shall  choose  their  speaker 
and  other  officers;  and  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeach- 
ment; except  that  any  judicial  or  other  federal  officer,  resident 
and  acting  solely  within  the  limits  of  any  state,  may  lie  im- 
peached by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  both  branches  of  the  legis- 
lature thereof. 

SECTION  3. 

1.  The  Senate  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  composed  of 
two  Senators  from  each  state,  chosen  for  six  years  by  the  legis- 
lature thereof,  at  the  regular  session  next  immediately  preced- 
ing tine  commencement  of  the  term  of  service;  and  each  Senator 
shall  have  one  vote. 

2.  Immediately  after  they  shall  be  assembled,  in  consequence 
of  the  first  election,  they  shall  be  divided  as  equally  as  may  be 
into  three  classes.  The  seats  of  the  Senators  of  the  first  class 
shall  be  vacated  at  the  expiration  of  the  second  year;  of  the 
second  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  fourth  year;  and  of  the 
third  class  at  the  expiration  of  the  sixth  year;  so  that  one-third 
may  be  chosen  every  second  year ;  and  if  vacancies  happen  by 
resignation,  or  otherwise,  during  the  recess  of  the  legislature  of 
any  state,  the  executive  thereof  may  make  temporary  appoint. 


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menis  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  Legislature  which  Bnallthen 
fill  such  vacancies. 

3.  K"o  person  shall  he  a  Senator  who  shall  not  have  attained 
the  age  of  thirty  years,  and  be  a  Citizen  of  the  Confederate  States; 
and  who  shall  not,  when  elected,  he  an  inhabitant  of  the  -late 
for  which  he  shall  be  chosen. 

4.  The  Vice  President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  Pres- 
ident of  the  Senate,  but  shall  have  no  vote,  unless  they  be 
equally  divided. 

5.  The  Senate  shall  choose  their  other  officers;  and  also  a 
President  pro  tempore  in  the  absence  of  the  Vice  President,  or 
when  he  shall  exercise  the  office  of  President  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

0.  The  Senate'shall  have  the  sole  power  to  try  all  impeachments. 
When  sitting  for  that  purpose,  they  Shall  be  on  oath  or  affirma- 
tion. When  the  President  of  the  Confederate  Statec  is  tried, 
the  Chief  Justice  shall  preside;  and  no  person  shall  be  convict- 
ed Without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 

cut. 

7.  Judgment  in  cases  of  impeachment  shall  not  extend  further 
than  to  removal  from  office,  and  disqualification  to  hold  and  en- 
joy any  office  of  honor,  trust  or  profit,  under  the  Confederate 
States  ;  but  the  party  convicted  shall,  nevertheless,  be  liable  and 
Subject  to  indictment,  trial,  judgment  and  punishment  accord- 
ing to  law. 

SECTION  4. 

1.  The  times,  place  and  manner  of  holding  elections  for  Sena- 
tors and  Representatives,  shall  be  prescribed  in  each  state  by 
the  legislature  thereof,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  ('■  in- 
stitution; but  the  Congress  may,  at  any  time,  by  law,  make  or 
alter  such  regulations,  except  as  to  the  times  and  places  of 
choosing  Senators. 

2.  The  Congress  shall  assemble  at  least  once  in  every  year* 
and  such  meeting  shall  be  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  un- 
less they  shall,  by  law,  appoint  a  different  day. 

SECTION  5. 

1.  Each  House  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  elections,  returns 
and  qualifications  of  its  own  members,  and  a  majority  of  each 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  do  business ;  but  a  smaller  number 
may  adjourn  from  day  to  day,  and  maybe  authorized  to  compel 


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the  attendance  of  absenl  members,  in  Buch  manner  and   under 
such  penalties  as  each  House  may  provide. 

2.  Each  House  may  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings, 
punish  its  members  for  disorderly  behavior,  and  with  the  con- 
currence <>f  t  wo-thirds  of  the  whole  cumber  expel  a  member. 

:;.  Each  House  shaB  keep  a  journal  "fits  proceedings,  and  from 
time  to  time  publish  the  same,  excepting  such  parts  as  may  in 
their  judgmenl  require  secresj  ;  and  the  yeas  and  nays  of  the 
members  of  either  House,  on  any  question,  shall,  at  the  desire  ol 
one-fifth  of  those  present,  be  i  ntered  on  the  journal. 

i.  Neither  House,  during  the  session  of  Congress,  shall,  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days, 
nor  t<>  any  other  place  than  that  in  which  the  two  Houses  shall 
be  sitting. 

SECTION  G. 

1.  The  Senators  and  Representatives  shall  receive  a  compen- 
sation for  their  services,  to  be  ascertained  by  law,  ami  paid  out 
of  the  treasury  of  the  Confederate  States.  They  shall,  in  all 
cases,  except  treason,  felony,  and  breach  of  the  peace,  be  privi- 
leged from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  the  session  of  their 
respective  Houses,  and  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  Name: 
and  for  any  speech  or  debate  in  either  House,  they  shall  not  be 
questioned  in  any  other  place. 

j.  No  Senator  or  Representative  shall,  daring  the  time  for 
which  he  was  elected,  be  appointed  to  any  civil  office  under  the 
authority  of  the  Confederate  States,  which  shall  have  been  creat- 
ed, or  the  emoluments  whereof  shall  have  been  increased  during 
such  time  ;  and  no  person  holding  any  office  under  the  Confed- 
erate States  shall  he  a  member  of  either  House  during  his  con- 
tinuance in  office.  Hut  Congress  may,  by  law,  granl  to  the  prin- 
cipal officer  in  each  of  the  Executive  Departments  a  Beat  apon 
the  floor  of  either  House,  with  the  privilege  of  discussing  any 
measures  appertaining  to  his  department. 
SECTION  7. 

1.  All  hills  for  raising  the  revenue  shall  originate  in  the  House 
of  Representatives  ;  hut  the  Senate  may  propose  or  concur  with 
amendments,  as  on  other  bills. 

2.  Every  bill  which  shall  have  passed  both  Houses,  shall,  be- 
fore it  becomes  a  law,  be  presented  to  the  President  of  the  Con- 
federate States;  if  he  approve,   In-  shall  sign  it;  but  if  not,  he 


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shall  return  it,  with  his  objections,  to  that  House  in  which  it 
shall  have  originated,  who  shall  enter  the  objections  at  large  on 
their  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider  it,  If,  after  such  recon- 
sideration, two-thirds  of  that  House  shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill, 
it  shall  be  sent,  together  with  the  objections,  to  the  other  House, 
by  which  it  shall  likewise  be  reconsidered,  and  if  approved  by 
two-thirds  of  that  House,  it  shall  become  a  law.  But  in  all  such 
cases,  the  votes  of  both  Houses  shall  he  determined  by  yeas  and 
nays,  and  the  names  of  the  persons  voting  for  and  against  the 
bill  shall  be  entered  on  the  journal  of  each  House  respectively. 
If  any  hill  shall  not  be  returned  by  the  President  within  ten  days 
(Sundays  excepted)  after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him, 
the  same  shall  he  a  law,  in  like  manner  as  if  lie  had  signed  it, 
unh  ss  the  Congress,  by  their  adjournment,  prevent  its  return: 
in  which  case  it  shall  not  be  a  law.  The  President  may  ap- 
prove any  appropriation  and  disapprove  any  other  appropriation 
in  the  same  hill.  In  such  case  he  shall,  in  signing  the  bill,  desig- 
nate the  appropriations  disapproved;  and  shall  return  a  copy  of 
such  appropriations,  with  his  objections,  to  the  House  in  Which 
the  bill  shall  have  originated;  and  the  same  proceedings  si. :,11 
then  he  had  as  in  ca^e  of  other  bills  disapproved  by  the  Presi- 
dent. 

3.  Every  order,  resolution  or  vote,  to  which  the  concurrence 
of  both  Houses  may  be  necessary,  (except  on  a  question  of  ad- 
journment,) shall  be  presented  to  the  President  of  the  Confed- 
erate States;  and  betorc  the  same  shall  take  effect,  shall  he 
approved  by  him;  or  being  disapproved,  shall  be  re-passed  by 
two-thirds  of  both  Houses,  according  to  the  .rules  and  limita- 
tions prescribed  in  case  of  a  bill. 

SECTION  8. 

The  Congress  shall  have  power— 

1.  To  lay  and  collect  taxes,  duties,  imposts,  and  excises,  for 
revenue  necessary  to  pay  the  debts,  provide  for  the  common  de- 
fence, and  carry  on  the  government  of  the  Confederate  States ; 
but  no  bounties  shall  be  granted  from  the  treasury  ;  nor  shall 
any  duties  or  taxes  on  importations  from  foreign  nations  be  laid 
to  promote  or  foster  any  branch  of  industry;  and  all  duties,  im- 
posts, and  excises  shall  be  uniform  throughout  the  Confederate 
States : 

2.  To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  Confederate  States: 


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3.  To  regulate  commerce  with  foreign   cations,  and  . 

the  several  States,  and  with  (he  Indian  tribes;  hut  neither  this, 
nor  any  other  clause  Contained  in  Che  constitution,  shall  ever 

he  construed  to  delegate  the  pov,  cr  to  Congress  '"  appropriate 
money  for  any  internal  improvement  'mien. led  to  facilitate  com- 
merce ;  except  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  lights,  In  .icons,  and 
buoys,  and  other  aid  to  navigation  upon  the  coasts,  and  the  im- 
provement of  harbors  and  the  removing  of  ohstritctions  in  river 
navigation,  in  all  which  cases,  such  duties  shall  he  laid  on  the 
navigation  facilitated  thereby,  as  may  he  necessary  to  pay  the 
costs  and  expenses  thereof: 

4.  To  establish  uniform  laws  of  naturalization,  and  uniform 
laws  on  the  suhject  of  bankruptcies,  throughout  the  Confed- 
erate States;  but  no  law  of  Congress  shall  discharge  any  debt 
contracted  before  the  passage  of  the  same : 

5.  To  coin  money,  regulate  the  value  thereof  and  of  foreign 
."in,  and  fix  the  standard  of  weights  and  measures: 

<;.  To  provide  for  the  punishment  of  counterfeiting  the  secu- 
rities and  current  coin  of  the  Confederate  States: 

7.  To  establish  post-offices  and  post-routes;  hut  the  expenses 
of  the  Post-office  Department,  after  the  first  day  of  March  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  shall  he  paid 
out  of  its  own  revenues  : 

S.  To  promote  the  progress  of  science  and  useful  arts,  by  se- 
curing for  limited  times  to  authors  and  inventors  the  exclusve 
right  to  their  respective  writings  and  discoveries : 

9.  To  constitute  tribunals  inferior  to  the  Supreme  Court : 

10.  To  define  and  punish  piracies  and  felonies  committed  on 
the  high  seas,  and  offences  against  the  law  of  nations : 

11.  To  declare  war,  grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  and 
make  rules  concerning  captures  on  land  and  on  water  : 

12.  To  raise  and  support  armies;  but  no  appropriation  of 
money  to  that  use  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than  two  years : 

13.  To  provide  and  maintain  a  navy: 

14.  To  make  rules  for  the  government  and  regulation  of  the 
laud  and  naval  forces  : 

15.  To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws 
of  the  Confederate  States,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  in- 
vasions : 

1C.  To  provide  for  organizing,  arming,  and  disciplining  the 
militia,  and  for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employ- 


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ed  in  the  service  of  the  Confedrate  States ;  reserving  to  the 
States,  respectively,  the  appointment  of  the  officers,  and  the  au- 
thority of  training  the  militia  according  to  the  discipline  pre- 
scribed by  Congress  : 

17.  To  exercise  exclusive  legislation,  in  all  cases  whatsoever, 
over  such  district  (not  exceeding  ten  miles  square)  as  may,  by 
cession  of  one  or  more  States  and  the  acceptance  of  Congress, 
become  the  seat  of  the  government  of  the  Con  federate  States  ; 
and  to  exercise  like  authority  over  places  purchased  by  the  con- 
sent of  the  legislature  of  the  State  in  which  the  same  shall  be, 
for  the  erection  of  forts,  magazines,  arsenals,  dockyards,  and 
other  needful  buildings  :  and 

18.  To  make  all  laws  which  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for 
carrying  into  execution  the  foregoing  powers,  and  all  other  pow- 
ers vested  by  thifl  Constitution  in  the  government  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  or  in  any  department  or  officer  thereof. 

SECTION  9. 

1.  The  importation  of  negroes  of  the  African  race,  from  any 
foreign  country  other  than  the  slavehohling  States  or  Territo- 
ries of  the  United  States  of  America,  is  hereby  forbidden  ;  and 
Congress  is  required  to  pass  such  laws  as  shall  effectually  pre- 
vent the  same. 

2.  Congress  shall  also  have  power  to  prohibit  the  introduction 
of  slaves  from  any  State  not  a  member  of,  or  Territory  not  be- 
longing to,  this  Confederacy. 

3.  The  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  shall  not  be  sus- 
pended, unless  when  in  case  of  rebellion  or  invasion  the  ptlblic 
safety  may  require  it. 

4.  No  bill  of  attainder,  ex  post  f net o  law,  or  law  denying  or 
impairing  the  right  of  property  in  negro  slaves  shall  be  passed. 

5.  No  capitation  or  other  direct  tax  shall  be  laid,  unless  in 
proportion  to  the  census  or  enumeration  hereinbefore  directed 
to  be  taken. 

6.  No  tax  or  duty  shall  be  laid  on  articles  exported  from  any 
State,  except  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  both  Houses. 

7.  No  preference  shall  be  given  by  any  regulation  of  com- 
merce or  revenue  to  the  ports  of  one  State  over  those  of  an- 
other. 

8.  No  money  shall  be  drawn  from  the  treasury,  but  in  conse- 
quence of  appropriations  made  by  law  ;  and  a  regular  statemen 


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and  account  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  all  public  raonej 
shall  be  published  from  time  to  time. 

ingress  shall  appropriate  no  money  from  the  treasury  ex- 
cepl  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  both  Houses,  taken  by  yeas  and 
nays,  unless  it  be  asked  and  estimated  for  by  Borne  one  of  tin 
heads  of  departments,  and  submitted  to  Congress  by  the  Presi- 
dent; or  for  the  purpose  of  paying  its  own  expenses  and  contin- 
gencies; or  for  the  payment  of  claims  against  the  Confederate 
States,  the  justice- of  which  shall  have  been  judicially  declared 
by  a  tribunal  for  the  invest  Ration  of  claims  against  the  govern- 
ment) which  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  Congress  to  estab- 
lish. 

10.  All  bills  appropriating  money  shall  specify  in  federal  cur- 
rency the  exact  amount  of  each  appropriation  and  the  pur- 
poses for  which  it  is  made;  and  Congress  shall  grant  no  extra 
compensation  to  any  public  contractor,  officer,  agent  or  servant, 
after  such  contract  shall  have  been  made  or  such  service  ren- 
dered. 

11.  No  title  of  nobility  shall  be  granted  by  the  Confederate 
States;  and  no  person  holding  any  office  of  profit  or  trust  under 
them,  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  acoepl  "fan} 
present,  emolument,  office  or  title  of  any  kind  whatever,  from 
any  king,  prince,  or  foreign  State. 

12.  Congress  shall  make  no  law  respecting  an  establishment 
of  religion,  or  prohibiting  the  free  exercise  thereof;  or  abridg. 
ing  the  freedom  of  speech,  or  of  the.  press  ;  or  the  right  of  the 
people  peaceably  to  assemble  and  petition  the  government  for  a 
redress  of  grievances. 

13.  A  well-regulated  militia  being  necessary  to  the  security 
of  a  free  State,  the  right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms 
shall  not  be  infringed. 

14.  No  soldier  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  quartered  in  any 
house  without  the  consent  of  the  owner;  nor  in  time  of  war, 
but  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  law. 

15.  The  right  of  the  people  to  be  secure  in  their  persons, 
houses,  papers,  and  effects,  against  unreasonable  searches  and 
seizures,  shall  not  be  violated;  and  no  warrants  shall  issue  but 
upon  probable  cause,  supported  by  oath  or  affirmation,  and  par- 
ticularly describing  the  place  to  be  searched,  and  the  persons  or 
things,  to  be  seized.  . 


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16.  No  person  shall  be  held  to  answer  for  a  capital  or  other- 
wise Infamous  crime,  unless  on  a  presentment  or  indictment  of  a 
•grand  jury,  except  in  cases  arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces, 
or  in  the  militia,  when  in  actual  service  in  time  of  war  or  public 
danger;  nor  shall  any  person  be  subject  for  the  same  offence  to 
be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or  limb;  nor  be  compelled- 
in  any  criminal  case,  to  be  a  witness  against  himself;  nor  be  de- 
prived of  fife,  liberty,  or  property,  without  due  process  of  law  ; 
nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  for  public  use,  without  just 
compensation. 

IT.  In  all  criminal  prosecutions,  the  accused  shall  enjoy  the 
right  to  a  speedy  and  public  trial,  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the 
State  and  district  wherein  the  crime  shall  have  been  committed, 
which  district  shall  have  been  pre\  ioudy  ascertained  by  law, 
and  to  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  cause  of  the  accusation  ; 
tto  be  confronted  with  the  witness  against  him;  to  have  com- 
pulsory process  for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his  favor  ;  and  to  have 
the  assistance  of  counsel  for  his  defence. 

18.  In  suits  at  common  law,  where  the  value  in  controversy 
sliall  exceed  twenty  dollars,  the  right  of  trial  by  jury  shall  he 
preserved;  and  no  fact  so  tried  by  a  jury  shall  be  otherwise  re- 
examined in  any  court  of  the  Confederacy,  than  according  to 
the  rules  of  the  common  law. 

19.  Excessive  bail  shall  not  be  required,  nor  excessive  tines 
imposed,  nor  cruel  and  unusual  punishment  inflicted. 

20.  Every  law,  or  resolution  having  the  force  of  law.  shall  re- 
late to  but  one  subject,  ami  that  shall  be  expressed  in  the  title. 

SECTION    10. 

1.  No  State  shall  enter  into  any  treaty,  alliance,  or  Confeder- 
ation; grant  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  :  coin  money  ;  make 
anything  but  gold  and  silver  coin  a  tender  in  payment  of  debts; 
pass  any  bill  of  attainder,  or  ex  post  facto  law,  or  law  impairing 
the  obligation  of  contracts  ;  or  grant  any  title  of  nobility. 

2.  No  State  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  Congress,  lay 
any  imposts  or  duties  on  imports  or  exports,  except  what  may 
be  absolutely  necessary  for  executing  its  inspection  laws  ;  and 
the  nett  produce  of  all  duties  and  imposts,  laid  by  any  State  on 
imports  or  exports,  shall  be  for  the  use  of  the  treasury  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  all  such  laws  shall  be  subject  to  the 
revision  and  control  of  Congress. 


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•"..  No  State  shall,  >\ i 1 1  io\it  tlio  consent  of  Congress,  lay  any 
duty  "ii  tonnage,  except  on  sea-going  vessels,  for  the  improve- 
ment of  it>  rivers  ami  harbors  navigated  by  the  said  vessels ; 
bul  such  duties  shall  not  conflict  with  any  treaties  of  th 
federate  states  with  foreign  nations;  and  any  Burplus  revenue, 
thus  derived,  shall,  after  making  Buch  improvement,  be  paid  into 
the  common  treasury.  Nor  shall  any  State  keep  troops  or  ships 
of  war  in  time  of  peace,  enter  into  any  agreement  pr  compact 
with  another  State,  or  with  a  foreign  power,  or  engage  in  war. 
unless  actually  invaded,  or  in  such  imminent  danger  as  will  not 
admit  of  delay.  But  when  any  river  divides  or  flows  through 
two  or  more  States,  they  may  enter  into  compacts  with  each 
other  to  improve  the  navigation  thereof. 

ARTICLE    II. 

SECTION  1. 

1.  The  executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  a  President  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  lie  and  the  vice  President 
shall  hold  their  offices  for  the  term  of  six  years;  but  the  Presi- 
dent shall  not  be  re-eligible.  The  President  and  Vice  President 
shall  be  elected  as  follows  : 

2.  Each  State  shall  appoint,  in  such  manner  as  the  legislature 
thereof  may  direct,  a  number  of  electors  equal  to  the  whole 
number  of  Senators  and  Representatives  to  which  the  State  may 
be  entitled  in  the  Congress  ;  but  no  Senator  or  Representative, 
or  person  holding  an  office  of  trust  or  profit  under  the  Confed. 
crate  States,  shall  be  appointed  an  elector. 

3.  The  electors  shall  meet  in  their  respective  States  and  vote 
by  ballot  for  President,  and  Vice  President,  one  of  whom,  at 
least,  shall  not  be  an  inhabitant  of  the  same  State  with  them- 
selves; they  shall  name  in  their  ballots  the  person  yoted  for  as 
President,  and  in  distinct  ballots  the  person  voted  for  as   Vice 

President,  and  they  shall  make  distinct  lists  of  all  persons  voted 
for  as  President,  and  of  all  persons  voted  for  as  Vice  President, 
and  of  the  number  of  votes  for  each,  which  lists  they  shall  sign 
and  certify,  and  transmit,  sealed,  to  the  seat  of  the  government 
of  the  Confederate  States,  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Sen- 
ate;  the  President  of  the  Senate  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Senate  and  House  of  Representatives,  open  all  the  certificates, 
and  the  votes  shall  then  be  counted;  the  person  having  the 
greatest  number  of  votes  for  President  shall  be  the  President^ 


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if  such  number  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  electors 
appointed ;  and  if  no  person  have  such  majority,  then,  from  the 
persons  having  the  highest  numbers,  not  exceeding  three,  on  the 
list  of  those  voted  for  as  President,  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives shall  choose  immediately,  by  ballot,  the  President.  But  in 
choosing  the  President,  the  votes  shall  be  taken  by  States — the 
representation  from  each  State  having  one  vote.  A  quorum  for 
this  purpose  shall  consist  of  a  member  or  members  from  two- 
thirds  of  the  States,  and  a  majority  of  all  the  States  shall  be 
necessary  to  a  choice.  And  if  the  House  of  Representatives 
shall  not  choose  a  President,  whenever  the  right  of  choice  shall 
devolve  upon  them,  before  the  fourth  day  of  March  next  follow- 
ing, then  the  Vice  President  shall  act  as  President,  as  in  owe  of 
the  death,  or  other  constitutional  disability  of  the  President. 

4.  The  person  having  the  greatest  number  of  rotes  as  Vice 
President,  shall  be  the  Vice  President,  if  such  number  be  a 
majority  of  the  whole  number  of  electors  appointed;  and  if  no 
person  have  a  majority,  then,  from  the  two  highest  numbers  on 
the  list,  the*  Senate  shall  choose  the  Vice-President.  A  <pioruni 
for  the  purpose  shall  consist  of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  number 
of  Senators,  and  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  a  choice. 

5.  But  no  person  constitutionally  ineligible  to  the  office  of 
President  shall  be  eligible  to  that  of  Vice  President  of  the  Con- 
federate States. 

6.  The  Congress  may  determine  the  time  of  choosing  the 
electors,  and  the  day  on  which  they  shall  give  their  votes  ;  which 
day  shall  be  the  same  throughout  the  Confederate  States. 

7.  Xo  person  except  a  natural  born  citizen  of  the  Confederate 
States,  or  a  citizen  thereof  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this 
Constitution,  or  a  citizen  thereof  born  in  the  United  States  prior 
to  the  20th  of  December,  1860,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office 
of  President ;  neither  shall  any  person  be  eligible  to  that  office 
who  shall  not  have  attained  the  age  of  thirty-five  years,  and  been 
fourteen  years  a  resident  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederate 
States,  as  they  may  exist  at  the  time  of  his  election. 

8.  In  case  of  the  removal  of  the  President  from  office,  or  of 
his  death,  resignation,  or  inability  to  discharge  the  powers  and 
duties  of  the  said  office,  the  same  shall  devolve  on  the  Vice 
President;  and  the  Congress  may,  by  law,  provide  for  the  case 
of    removal,    death,    resignation,    or    inability,    both    of   the 


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President  and  Vice  President,  declaring  what  officer  shall  then 
act  as  President;  and  Buoh  officer  shall  act  accordingly,  until 
the  disability  be  removed  or  a  President  shall  be  elected. 

0.  The  President  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  his  services 
a  compensation,  which  shall  neither  be. increased  nor  diminished 
during  the  period  for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected  ;  and  he 

shall  not  receive  within  that  period  ;m\  ether  emolument  from 
the  Confederate  States,  or  any  of  them. 

10.  Before  he  enters  on  the  execution  of  his  office,  lie  shall  take 
the  following  oath  or  affirmation  : 

"I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  T  will  faithfully  execute 
the  office  of  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and 
will,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  preserve,  protect,  and  defend  the 
Constitution  thereof." 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  President  shall  be  commander-in-chief  Of  the  army 
and  navy  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  of  the  militia  of  the 
several  States,  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  Con- 
federate States;  he  may  require  the  opinion,  in  writing,  of  the 
principal  officer  in  each  of  the  executive  departments,  upon  any 
subject  relating  to  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices;  and  he 
shall  have  power  to  grant  reprieves  and  pardons  for  offences 
against  the  Confederacy,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment. 

2.  He  shall  have  power,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Senate,  to  make  treaties;  provided  two-thirds  of  the  Sen- 
ators present  concur:  and  he  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  shall  appoint  ambassadors, 
other  public  ministers  and  consuls,  judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  all  other  officers  of  the  Confederate  Slates  whose 
appointments  are  not  herein  otherwise  provided  for.  and  which 
shall  be  established  by  law.  But  the  Congress  may,  by  law,  vest 
the  appointment  of  such  inferior  officers,  as  they  think  proper, 
in  the  President  alone,  in  the  courts  of  law,  or  in  the  heads  of 
departments. 

3.  The  principal  officer  in  each  of  the  executive  departments, 
and  all  persons  connected  with  the  diplomatic  service,  may  be 
removed  from  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the  President.  All  other 
civil  officers  of  the  executive  departments  may  be  removed  at 
any  time  by  the  President,  or  other  appointing  power,  when 
their  services  are  unnecessary,  or  for  dishonesty,  incapacity,  in- 


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efficiency,  misconduct,  or  neglect  of  dnty ;  and  when  so  re- 
moved, the  removal  shall  be  reported  to  the  Senate,  together 
with  the  reasons  therefor. 

4.  The  President  shall  have  power  to  fill  all  vacancies  that 
may  happen  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate,  by  granting  com- 
missions which  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  their  next  session;  hut 
no  person  rejected  by  the  Senate  shall  be  re-appointed  to  the 
same  office  during  their  ensuing  recess. 
SECTION  3. 

1.  The  President  shall,  from  time  to  time,  give  to  the  Con- 
gress information  of  the  state  of  the  Confederacy,  and  recom- 
mend to  their  consideration  such  measures  as  he  shall  judge 
necessary  and  expedient;  he  may,  on  extraordinary  occasions, 
convene  both  Houses,  or  cither  of  them ;  and  in  case  of  dis- 
agreement between  them,  with  respect  to  the  time  of  adjourn- 
ment, he  may  adjourn  them  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think 
proper;  he  shall  receive  ambassadors, and  other  public  ministers; 
he  shall  take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed,  and 
shall  commission  all  the  officers  of  the  Confederate  States. 

SECTION  4. 
1.  The  President,  Vice  President,  and  all  civil  officers  of  the 
Confederate  States,  shall   be  removed  from   office  on  impeach- 
ment  for,    and  conviction    of,  treason,  bribery,  or  other  high 
crimes  and  misdemeanors. 

ARTICLE   III. 

SECTION  1. 

1.  The  judicial  power  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  vested 
in  one  Supreme  Court,  and  in  such  inferior  courts  as  the  Congress 
may,  from  time  to  time,  ordain  and  establish.  The  judges,  both 
of  the  Supreme  and  inferior  courts,  shall  hold  their  offices  dur- 
ing good  behavior,  and  shall,  at  stated  times,  receive  for  their 
services  a  compensation  which  shall  not  be  diminished  during 
their  continuance  in  office. 

SECTION  2. 

1.  The  judicial  power  shall  extend  to  all  cases  arising  under 
this  Constitution,  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  trea- 
ties made,  or  which  shall  be  made,  under  their  authority ;  to 
all  cases  affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers  and  consuls; 


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to  all  case*  of  admiralty  ami  maritime  jurisdiction;  to  contro- 
versies to  which  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  a  party;  to 

controversies  between  two  or  more  States;  between  a  State 
and  citizen  of  another  State,  where  the  State  is  plaintiff;  be- 
tween citizens  claiming  lands  under  grants  of  different  States ; 
and  between  a  State  or  the  citizens  thereof,  and  foreign  states, 

citizens  or  subjects;  but  no  State  shall  be  sued  by  a  citizen  or 
subject  of  any  foreign  state. 

2.  In  all  cases  affecting  ambassadors,  other  public  ministers 
and  consuls,  and  those  in  which  a  State  shall  be  a  party,  the  Su- 
preme Court  shall  have  original  jurisdiction.  In  all  the  other 
cases  before  mentioned,  the  Supreme  Court  shall  have  appellate 
jurisdiction  both  as  to  law  and  fact,  with  such  exceptions  and 
under  such  regulations  as  the  Congress  shall  make. 

3.  The  trial  of  all  crimes,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment,  shall 
be  by  jury,  and  such  trial  shall  be  held  in  the  State  where  the 
said  ciimes  shall  have  been  committed;  but  when  not  commit- 
ted within  any  State,  the  trial  shall  be  at  such  place  or  places 
as  the  Congress  may  by  law  have  directed. 

SECTION  3. 

1.  Treason  against  the  Confederate  States  shall  consist  only  in 
levying  war  against  them,  or  in  adhering  to  their  enemies,  giv- 
ing them  aid  and  comfort.  No  person  shall  be  convicted  of  trea- 
son unless  on  the  testimony  of  two  witnesses  to  the  same  overt 
act,  or  on  confession  in  open  court. 

2.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  declare  the  punishment 
of  treason;  but  no  attainder  of  treason  shall  work  corruption  ot 
blood,  or  forfeiture,  except  during  the  life  of  the  person  at- 
tainted. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

SECTION  1. 
1.  Full  faith  and  credit  shall  be  given  in  each  State  to  the 
public  acts,  records,  and  judicial  proceedingsof  every  other  State. 
And  the  Congress  may,  by  general  laws,  prescribe  the  manner 
in  which  such  acts,  records,  and  proceedings  shall  be  proved, 
and  the  effect  thereof. 

SECTION  2. 
1.  The  citizens  of  each  State  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  privi- 
leges and  immunities  of  citizens  in  the  several  States;  and  shall 


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haVe  the  right  of  transit  and  sojourn  in  any  State  of  this  Confed' 
eraey,  with  their  slaves  and  other  property ;  and  the  right  of 
property  in  said  slaves  shall  not  be  thereby  impaired. 

2.  A  person  charged  in  any  State  with  treason,  felony,  or  other 
crime  against  the  laws  of  such  State,  who  shall  flee  from  justice, 
and  be  found  in  another  State,  shall,  on  demand  of  the  execu- 
tive authority  of  the  State  from  which  he  fled,  be  delivered  up, 
to  be  removed  to  the  State  having  jurisdiction  of  the  crime. 

8.  No  slave  or  other  person  held  to  service  or  labor  in  any 
State  or  Territory  of  the  Confederate  States,  Under  the*  Iftwfl 
thereof,  escaping  or  lawfully  carried  into  another,  shall,  in  con- 
sequence of  any  law  or  regulation  therein,  be  discharged  from 
such  service  or  labor;  but  shall  be  delivered  up  on  claim  of  the 
parly  to  whom  such  slave  belong?,  or  to  whom  such  service  or 
labor  may  be  due. 

SECTION  3. 

1.  Other  States  may  be  admitted  into  this  Confederacy  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  whole  House  of  Representatives  and 
two-thirds  of  the  Senate,  the  Senate  voting  by  States;  but  no 
new  State  shall  be  formed  or  erected  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
any  other  State ;  nor  any  State  be  formed  by  the  junction  of 
two  or  more  States,  or  parts  of  States,  without  the  consent  of 
the  legislatures  of  the  States  concerned,  as  well  as  of  the  Con- 
gress* 

2.  The  Congress  shall  have  power  to  dispose  of  and  make  all 
needful  rules  and  regulations  concerning  the  property  of  the 
Confederate  States,  including  the  lands  thereof. 

3.  The  Confederate  States  may  acquire  new  territory ;  and 
Congress  shall  have  power  to  legislate  and  provide  governments 
for  the  inhabitants  of  all  territory  belonging  to  the  Confederate 
States,  lying  without  the  limits  of  the  several  States ;  and  may 
permit  them,  at  such  times,  and  in  such  manner  as  it  may  by 
law  provide,  to  form  States  to  be  admitted  into  the  Confederacy. 
In  all  such  territory,  "the  institution  of  negro  slavery,  as  it  now 
exists  in  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  recognized  and  pro- 
tected by  Congress  and  by  the  territorial  government :  and  the 
inhabitants  of  the  several  Confederate  States  and  Territories 
shall  have  the  right  to  take  to  such  territory  any  slaves  lawfully 
held  by  them  in  any  of  the  States  or  Territories  of  the  Confed* 
erate  States, 


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4.  The  Confederate  States  shall  guaranty  to  every  State  that 
now  is,  <»r  hereafter  may  become,  a  member  of  this  Confederacy, 
a  republican  form  of  government ;  and  ahall  protect  each  of  them 
against  invasion;  and  on  application  of  the  Legislature,  (or  of  the 

executive,  when  the  legislature  is  not  in  session,)  against  domes- 
tic violence. 

A  R  TICLE  V. 
SECTION  1. 
1.  Upon  the  demand  of  any  three  States,  legally  assembled  in 
their  several  conventions,  the  Congress  shall  summon  a  conven- 
tion of  all  the  States,  to  take  into  consideration  such  amend- 
ments to  the  Constitution  as  the  said  States  shall  concur  in  sug- 
gesting at  the  time  "when  the  said  demand  is  made;  and  should 
any  of  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  he  agreed 
on  by  the  said  convention — voting  by  Slates — and  the  same  be 
ratified  by  the  legislatures  of  two-thirds  of  the  several  States, 
or  by  conventions  in  two-thirds  thereof — as  the  one  or  the  other 
mode  of  ratification  maybe  proposed  by  the  general  convention 
— they  shall  thenceforward  form  a  part  of  this  Constitution. 
But  no  State  shall,  without  its  consent,  be  deprived  of  its  equal 
representation  in  the  Senate. 

ARTICLE    VI. 

1.  The  government  established  by  this  Constitution  is  the 
successor  of  the  Provisional  Government  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America,  and  all  the  laws  passed  by  the  latter  shall 
continue  in  force  until  the  same  shall  be  repealed  or  modified  ; 
and  all  the  officers  appointed  by  the  same  shall  remain  in  office 
until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  or  the  offices 
abolished. 

2.  All  debts  contracted  and  engagements  entered  into  before 
the  adoption  of  this  Constitution  shall  be  as  valid  against  the 
Confederate  States  under  this  Constitution  as  under  the  Pro- 
visional Government. 

3.  This  Constitution,  and  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States 
made  in  pursuance  thereof,  and  all  treaties  made  or  which 
shall  be  made  under  the  authority  of  the  Confederate  States, 
shall  be  the  supreme  law  of  the  land  ;  and  the  judges  in  every 
State  shall  be  bound  thereby,  any  thing  in  the  Constitution  or 
laws  of  any  State  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding, 


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4.  The  Senators  and  Representatives  before  mentioned,  and 
the  members  of  the  several  State  legislatures,  and  ah  executive 
and  judicial  officers,  both  of  t he  Confederate  States  and  of  the 
several  States,  shall  be  bound  by  oath  or  affirmation  to  support 
this  Constitution  ;  but  no  religious  test  shall  ever  be  required  as 
a  qualification  to  any  office  or  public  trust  under  the  Confeder- 
ate States. 

5.  The  enumeration,  in  the  Constitution,  of  certain  rights, 
shall  not  be  construed  to  deny  OT  disparage  others  retained  by 
the  people  of  the  several  States. 

6.  The  powers  not  delegated  to  the  Confederate  States  by 
the  Constitution,  nor  prohibited  by  it  to  the  Stales,  are  reserved 
to  the  States,  respectively,  or  to  the  people  thereof. 

ARTICLE    VII. 

1.  The  ratification  of  the  convention  of  five  States  shall  be 
sufficient  for  the  establishment  of  this  Constitution  between  the 
States  so  ratifying  the  same. 

2.  When  five  States  shall  have  ratified  this  Constitution,  in 
the  manner  before  specified,  the  Congress  under  the  Provisional 
Constitution  shall  prescribe  the  time  for  holding  the  election  of 
President  and  Vice  President,  and  for  the  meeting  of  the  Elec- 
toral College,  and  for  counting  the  votes,  and  inaugurating  the 
President.  They  shall  also  prescribe  the  time  for  holding  the 
iirst  election  of  members  of  Congress  under  this  Constitution, 
and  the  time  for  assembling  the  same.  Until  the  assembling  ot' 
such  Congress,  the  Congress  under  the  Provisional  Constitution 
shall  continue  to  exercise  the  legislative  powers  granted  them; 
not  extending  beyond  the  time  limited  by  the  Constitution  of 
the  Provisional  Government. 


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,  ACT  FROM  THE  JOURNAL  OF  THE  CONG  I 

Congress,  March  11,  1661. 

On  the  question  of  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  the  vote  was  taken  by  yeas  and 
nays :  and  t  ho  Constitution  was  unanimously  adopted,  as  follows  ! 

Those  who  voted  in  the  affirmative  being  Messrs.  Walker, 
Smith,  Curry,  Hale,  McRae,  Shorter,  and  Fearn,  of  Alabama, 
(Messrs.  Chilton  and  Lewis  being  absent)  J  Messrs.  Morton, 
Anderson,  and  Owens,  of  Florida;  Messrs.  Toombs,  Howell 
Cobb,  Bartow,  Nisbet,  Hill,  Wright,  Thomas  R.  R.  Cobb,  and 
Stephens,  of  Georgia,  (Messrsv  Crawford  and  Kenan  being 
absent) ;  Messrs.  Perkins,  do  Clouet,  Conrad,  Kcnner.  Sparrow, 
and  Marshall,  of  Louisiana;  Messrs.  Harris,  Brooke,  Wilson, 
Clayton,  Barry,  and  Harrison,  of  Mississippi,  (Mr.  Campbell 
being  absent) ;  Messrs.  Rhett,  Barnwell,  Keitt,  Chesnut,  Mem- 
minger,  Miles,  Withers,  and  Boyce,  of  South  Carolina;  Messrs. 
Reagan,  Hemphill,  Waul,  Gregg,  Oldham,  and  Ochiltree,  of 
Texas,  (Mr.  Wigfall  being  absent). 

A  true  copy:  J.  J.  HOOPER, 

Secretary  of  the  Congress. 

Cuxciiicss,  March  11,  isgi. 
I  do  hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  are,  respectively,  true 
and  correct  copies  of  "  The   Constitution   of   tin-  Confederate 
States  of  America,"    unanimously  adopted    this  day,  and  of  the 
yeas  and  nays  on  the  question  of  the  adoption  thereof. 

HOWELL  COBB, 
President  of  the  Congress. 


ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 


FIRST  SESSION  OF  THE  PROVISIONAL  CONGRESS. 


Ho.  1.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  appoint  Messrs.  Reid  &  Shorter  Printers  to  the  Congress. 

Resolved,  That  Messrs,  Reid  &  Shorter  be  appointed  printers 
to  this  Congress  while  it  holds  its  sessions  in  Montgomery  ; 
and  that  all  the  work  to  he  done  shall,  in  Btyle  and  quality,  equal 
that  done  for  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  shall  be  paid  for  at  the 

same  proportionate  rates  of  compensation. 
Adopted  February  5,  1801 . 


No.  2.]  A  RESOLUTION 

Accepting  the  Appropriation  of  Five  Hundred  Thousand  Dob 
tars,  made  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Alabama. 

1st.  Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  this  Congress  accept  the  liberal  offer  ol 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  place  at  the 
disposal  of  this  body  the  sum  of  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
as  a  loan  to  the  government  of  the  Confederacy  now  being 
formed. 

2d.  Resolved  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  this  Congress 
place  the  highest  appreciation  upon  this  generous,  patriotic  and 
considerate  action  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  realize  in  it  the 
zealous  devotion  of  the  people  of  that  6tate  to  the  cause  of 
"Southern  Independence." 

Adopted  February  8,  1861. 


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Xo.  3.]  A  RESOLUTION 

For  the  Preservation  of  the  I J  coords  of  Congress, 

Whereas,  It  is  accessary  that  the  records  of  this  Oongn  bi 

l.c  placed  in  a  condition  of  Bafety,  and  those  pertaining  to  pro- 
ceedings with  closed  doors  in  a  condition  of  secresy, therefore, 

Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  oj  America  in  Conpres* 
assembled,  That  the  President  of  Oongresfl  be  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  and  instructed  to  make  proper  provision  for  the  pur- 
poses herein  declared. 

Adopted  February  8,  1801. 


Xo.  4.]  A  RESOLUTIOX 

In  regard  to  the  State  of  Xorth  Carolina,  and  the  Commissioners 
from  said  State  to  this  Congress. 

Whereas,  The  people  of  Xorth  Carolina  and  those  of  the 
States  represented  in  this  Congress  have  a  common  history,  a 
common  sympathy,  a  common  honor,  and  a  common  danger ; 
and,  whereas,  it  is  the  opinion  and  earnest  desire  of  this  Con- 
gress that  the  State  of  Xorth  Carolina  should  he  united  in  gov- 
ernment with  these  states, 

Be  it  therefore  resolved,  That  this  Congress  receive  with 
pleasure  the  Commissioners  from  the  State  of  Xorth  Carolina, 
and  hope  to  pursue  such  a  course  of  action  as  shall  commend 
itself  to,  and  induce  the  State  of  Xorth  Carolina  speedily  bo 
unite  in  our  councils,  and  in  such  government  as  shall  be  formed 
by  these  states. 

Adopted  February  8,  18C1. 


Xo.  5.  AX  ACT 

To  continue  in  force  certain  laws  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  all  the  laws  of  the  United  States  of 
America  in  force  and  in  use  in  the  Confederate  States  of  America 
on  the  first  day  of  Xovemher  last,  and  not  inconsistent  with 
the  Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States,  be  and  the  same  are 


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hereby  continued  in  force  until  altered  or  repealed  by  theCon- 
gress. 

Adopted  February  9,  1861. 


No.  6.]  A  RESOLUTION 

In  relation  to  the  Occupation  of  the  Forts  and  Arsenals,  &c. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  /States  of 
America,  That  this  government  takes  under  its  charge  the  ques- 
tions and  difficulties  now  existing  between  the  several  states  of 
this  Confederacy  and  the  government  ot  the  United  States  of 
America,  relating  to  the  occupation  of  forts,  arsenals,  navy  yards, 
and  other  public  establishments ;  and  that  the  President  of  the 
Congress  be  directed  to  communicate  this  resolution  to  the 
several  states  of  this  Confederacy,  through  the  respective  gov- 
ernors thereof. 

Adopted  February  12,  1861. 


No.  9.]  A  RESOLUTION 

Authorizing  the  Secretary  of  Congress  to  arrange  for  publica- 
tion the  Provisional  Constitution  for  the  Government  of  th« 
Confederate  States  of  America,  with  the  Autograph  Signa- 
tures of  the  Members  of  Congress,  &c. 

Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  Congrem 
assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  Congress  be  allowed  to  have 
engrossed  and  arranged  for  publication  the  Provisional  ConMi- 
tution  for  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ameiica, 
with  the  autograph  signatures  of  the  members  of  Congress,  and. 
the  flag  and  seal  of  the  Confederacy,  whenever  adopted. 

Adopted  February  14,  1861. 


No.  11.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  authorize  tfre  Judiciary  Committee  to  have  such   i. 
printed  as  they  may  desire  to  lay  before  the  Congress. 

Resolved  by  the  Confederal  States  of  America  in  Con-grew 
assembled.  That  the  Judiciary  Committee  be  authorized  to  have 
such  matter  printed  as  they  may  desire  to  lay  before  the  Con- 
gress. 

Adopted  February  14,  1861.. 


No,  12.]  AN  ACT 

To  continue  in  office  the  Officers  connected  with  the  Collection 
of  the  Customs  in  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  several  officers  who, 
a1  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Provis- 
ional Government  of  these  states,  held  and  exercised  any  office 
connected  with  the  collection  of  the  customs,  duties  and  imposts 
in  the  several  states  of  this  Confederacy,  or  as  assistant  treas- 
urers entrusted  with  keeping  the  moneys  arising  therefrom,  are 
hereby  appointed  to  the  several  offices  which  at  the  said  date 
they  respectively  held  ;  and  they  shall  have  the  same  powers, 
be  subject  to  the  same  duties,  and  be  entitled  to  the  same  sala- 
sa  and  emoluments  as  are  set  forth  and  provided  in  and  by 
i  lie  laws  of  the  United  States  of  America,  until  the  first  d:iy  of 
April  next :  Prori<hd,  That  the  maximum  of  compensation 
which  each  collector  shall  receive  from  all  sources  shall  not 
■exceed  the  rate  of  live  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Sir.  •_'.  Eaeh  collector  so  appointed  shall,  within  two  -sveeks 
from  the  date  of  this  act,  execute  to  the  Confederate  States  of 
a  a  bond  in  the  same  amount  and  subject  to  a  like  con- 
dition with  his  last  bond  to  the  United  States  of  America,  with 
sureties  to  be  approved  by  a  judge  of  anv  superior  or  circuit 
court  of  the  state  where  such  collector  is  located.  And  each  of 
the  other  officers  shall,  within  one  week  after  the  collector  shall 
have  entered  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  execute  to  the 
Confederate  States  of  America  a  bond  in  the  same  amount  and 
subject  to  the  like  condition  with  his  last  bond  to  the  United 


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States  of  America,  in  case  he  was  required  to  execute  a  bond, 
with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  collectors  of  the  port  where 
such  office  is  located. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  several  officers  shall  take  an  oath  before  a 
magistrate,  well  and  faithfully  to  discharge  the  duties  of  his 
office,  and  to  support  the  constitution  of  the  Provisional  Govern- 
ment of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  Which  said  oath 
shall  be  endorsed  upon  the  bond;  and  the  bond  shall  be  tiled  in 
the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  or  in  such  other 
place  as  he  may  direct. 

Adopted  February  14,  1861. 


No.  13.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  continue  in  office  the  Officers  of  the  Customs. 

JReeolved  by  the  Cone/derate  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled,  That  until  otherwise  provided,  the  several  officers 
connected  with  the  collection  of  the  customs,  duties  and  imposts 
in  the  several  states  of  this  Confederacy,  be  and  they  are  hereby 
confirmed  and  continued  as  officers  of  the  government  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  with  their  present  salaries  and 
emoluments,  until  the  first  day  of  April  next ;  and  that  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Treasury  be  instructed  to  report  to  Congress  a 
plan,  to  go  into  effect  at  the  said  date,  whereby  the  expenses  of 
collecting  the  revenue  at  each  custom  house  shall  be  diminished 
at  least  fifty  per  cent. 

Adopted  February  14,  1861. 


No.  14.]  A  RESOLUTION 

Giving  certain  powers  to  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs. 

Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  .of  America  in  Congress 
assembled^  That  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs  be  authorized 
to  procure  the  attendance  at  the  seat  of  government  of  all  such 
persons  versed  in  naval  affairs  as  they  may  deem  advisable  to 
sonsult  with  in  the  preparation  of  their  report- 

Adopted  February  14,  1S6L 


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No.  15]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  provide  for  Printing  for  the  Committees  of  the  Con 

Resolved  by  .the  C&nfederaU  States  oj  America  in  Cong/rest 
f/.v.v.  /,//-/, ,/.  That  each  of  the  standing  committees  of  Congress  u 
authorized  to  oamse  to  be  printed  any  matters  which  it  may 
deem  requisite  for  the  use  of  the  committee. 

Adopted  February  15,  1861. 


No,  17.]  A  RESOLUTION. 

For  the  appointment  of  Commissioners  to  the  Government  oi 

the  United  States  of  America. 

Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  &dngrest 
assembled,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Congress  that  a  commis- 
sion of  three  pessons  be  appointed  by  the  President  elect,  as 
early  as  may  be  convenient  after  his  inauguration,  and  sent  to 
the  government  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  negotiating  friendly  relations  between  that  government 
and  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for  the  settlement  of 
all  questions  of  disagreement  between  the  two  governments) 
upon  principles  of  right,  justice,  equity  and  good  faith. 

Adopted  February  15,  18G1. 


No.  18.]  A  RESOLUTION 

For  the  enforcement  of  the  Revenue  Laws. 

Resolved  by  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled,  That  the  President  of  Congress  instruct  the  collect- 
ors of  the  several  ports  of  this  Confederacy  to  enforce  the  exist- 
ing revenue  laws  against  all  foreign  countries,  except  the  State 
of  Texas. 

Adopted-  February  10,  1861.. 


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No.  19.]  A  RESOLUTION 

For  the  relief  of  J.  M,  Waldeoj  a  citizen  of  Georgia. 

Resoived  by  iht  Confederal.  States  of  America  in  Congress 
Assembled,  That  J.  M.  Waldea,  a  citizen  of  the  State  of  Geor- 
gia, he  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  tile  with  the  Attorney 
Genera]  a  caveat,  accompanied  hy  suitable  drawings  and  expla- 
nations, setting  forth  the  design  and  purpose  thereof,  for  the 
protection  of  an  improvement  claimed  to  have  been  made  hy 
him  in  railroad  switches;  and  that  said  caveat,  when  so  filed  as 
aforesaid,  shall  he  effectual  to  protect  his  rights  to  said  inven- 
tion, until  a  patent  office  shall  have  been  established  :  Provid\  c?, 
That  as  soon  as  said  office  is  established,  said  caveat  shall  he 
tiled  with  the  commissioner  thereof,  and  such  proceedings  had 
thereon  as  ma\  he  authorized  by  law. 

Adoi-ted  February  1G,  1861. 


No.  20.1  AX  ACT 

To  exempt  from  duty  certain  commodities  therein  named,  and 
for  other  porpof 

Si:<riox  l.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Confederate  Statet  of 
America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  following  articles 
shall  be  exempt  from  duty  and  admitted  free  into  said  states 
to-wit:  Bacon,  pork,  hams,  lard,  beef,  fish  of  all  kinds,  wheat 
and  flour  of  wheat  and  flour  of  all  other  grains  Indian  corn  and 
meal,  barley  and  barley  flour,  rye  and  rye  flour,  oats  and  oat 
meal,  gunpowder  and  all  the  materials  of  which  it  is  made,  lead 
in  all  forms,  arms  of  every  description,  and  munitions  of  war 
and  military  accoutrements,  percussion  caps,  living  animals  of 
all  kinds,  also  all  agricultural  products  in  their  natural  state. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  goods,  wares 
and  merchandise  imported  from  any  one  of  the  late  United 
States  of  America,  not  being  now  a  member  of  this  Confed- 
eracy, into  this  Confederacy  before  the  fourth  day  of  March 
next)  which  may  have  been  bona  fide  purchased  heretofore,  or 
within  ten  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  shall  be  exempt 
and  free  from  duty. 


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9  .  A„<1  be  it  fnrt h< r  enausU ,7,  That  the  State  of  Texas 
be  and  is  hereby  exempted  from  the  operation  of  the  tariff  laws 
heretofore  passed  and  adopted  by  this  Congr 

Aim-i:o\  i;i,  February  18,  1861. 


No.  21.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  Munitions  of  War,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  in  <  'ongrsss  assendrfed,  That  the  President,  or  the 
Secretary  of  War,  under  his  direction,  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  make  contracts  for  the  purchase  and  manufacture 
of  heavy  ordnance  and  small  arms,  and  of  machinery  for  the 
manufacture  or  alteration  of  small  arms  and  munitions  of  war, 
and  to  employ  the  necessary  agents  and  artisans  for  these  pur- 
poses; and  to  make  contracts  for  the  establishment  of  powder 
mills  and  the  manufacture  of  powder.  And  the  President  is 
authorized  to  make  contracts  provided  for  in  this  act,  in  such 
manner  and  on  such  terms  as  in  his  judgment  the  public  exi- 
gencies may  require. 

Appeotbd  February  20,  18G1. 


No.  22.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  President  to  appoint  a  Private  Secretary. 

Section  1.  lie  it  enacted  by  the  ConfederaU  States  of 
America  in  <'<>nyress  assembled,  <"<d  it  is  hereby  enacted  by  the 
authority  <>f  tin:  same,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate 

States  of  America.be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a 
private  secretary,  through  whom  he  may  communicate  with 
QopgresSj    and    who    shall    discharge   such    duties    as    may   be 

assigned  him  by  the  President,  and  shall  receive  such  compen- 
sation for  his  services  as  shall  be  fixed  by  law. 
Approved  February  20,  1861. 


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No.  23.]  AN  ACT 

To  determine  the  Salaries  of  the  Vice  President  and  of  the 
Heads  of  the  Departments. 

Tlxe  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  do  enact, 
That  the  annual  compensation  of  the  Vice  President,  and  of  the 
Secretaries  of  State,  of  the  Treasury,  of  War,  of  the  Navy,  the 
Postmaster  General,  and  the  Attorney  General,  shall  be  at  the 
rate  of  six  thousand  dollars,  payable  quarterly,  in  advance. 

Approved  February  21,  1861. 


No.  24.]  AN  ACT 

To  organize  the  Department  of  State. 

Section  1.  The  Congress,  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  there  shall  he  an  executive  depart- 
ment, to  be  denominated  the  Department  of  State;  and  there 
shall  be  a  principal  officer  therein,  to  be  called  the  Secretary  of 
State,  who  shall  perform  and  execute  such  duties  as  shall  from 
time  to  time  be  enjoined  on  or  entrusted  to  him  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Confederate  States,  agreeably  to  the  Constitution, 
relative  to  correspondences,  commissions  or  instructions  to  or 
with  public,  ministers  or  consuls  from  the  Confederate  States,  or 
to  negotiations  with  public  ministers  from  foreign  states  or 
princes,  or  to  memorials  or  other  applications  from  foreign 
public  ministers  and  other  foreigners,  or  to  such  other  matters 
respecting  foreign  affairs  as  the  President  of  the  Confederate 
States  shall  assign  to  the  said  department;  and,  furthermore, 
the  said  principal  officer  shall  conduct  the  business  of  the  said 
department  in  such  manner  as  the  President  of  the  Confederate 
States  shall  from  time  to  time  order  or  instruct.  Said  Secretary 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  Congress,  and  shall  receive  a  compensation  to  be 
ascertained  and  regulated  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  to  keep  and  preserve  all  bills  and  resolutions 
of  the  Congress  having  been  approved  or  signed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, or  otherwise  become  laws;  and  he  shall  carefully  preserve 
the  originals,  and  shall,  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  after  he 


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shall  receive  the  same,  cause  every  such  law,  order  and  resolu- 
tion to  be  published,  in  a1  least  three  public  newspapers  pub- 
lished within  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall  also  cause  two 
printed  copies,  duly  authenticated,  to  be  sent  to  the  executive 
authority  of  each  state.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary 
{.i  keep  the  great  seal  of  the  Confederate  State-,  ami  to  make 
out  and  record  and  affix  said  seal  to  all  civil  commissions  to 
officers  of  the  Confederate  States  to  he  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, by  and  with  the  advice  of  the  Congress,  or  by  the  Presi- 
dent alone:  Provided,  That  said  seal  shall  cot  he  affixed  to  any 
commission  before  it  is  signed  by  the  President,  nor  t<»  any 
other  instrument  or  act  without  the  special  warrant  of  the  Pres- 
ident therefor.  The  said  secretary  shall  also  cause  a  seal  of 
office  to  be  made  for  said  department,  of  such  device  as  the 
President  shall  approve;  and  all  copies  of  records  and  papers  in 
said  office,  authenticated  under  the  said  seal,  shall  he  evidence 
equally  as  the  original  record  or  paper. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  there  shall  he  in  the 
said  department  a  chief  clerk,  to  he  appointed  by  the  secretary, 
and  such  other  clerks  as  from  time  to  time  may  be  found  neces- 
sary and  authorized  by  the  Congress,  -who  shall  receive  a  com- 
pensation for  their  services  to  be  fixed  by  law  ;  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  and  every  other  person  to  be  appointed  or 
employed  iu  said  department,  shall,  Before  he  enters  on  the 
execution  of  his  office  or  employment,  take  an  oath  or  affirma- 
tion well  and  faithfully  to  execute  the  trust  committed  to  him. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further,  enacted,  There  shall  be  paid  to  the 
secretary,  for  the  use  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  following 
fees  of  office,  by  the  persons  requiring  the  services  to  be  per- 
formed, except  when  they  are  performed  for  any  offioer  of  the 
Confederate  States  in  a  matter  relating  to  the  duties  of  his 
office,  tO-wit:  For  making  out  and  authenticating  copies  of 
records,  ten  cents  lor  each  hundred  words;  for  authenticating 
a  copy  of  a  record  or  paper,  under  the  seal  of  office,  one  dollar. 

Sec.  5.  And  I"  it  further  enacted,  This  act  shall  be  in  force 
and  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved  February  21,  1861. 


No.  25.]  AX  ACT 

To  establish  the  Treasury  Department. 

Sfjtiov  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  there  shall  be  an  executive  department, 
known  as  the  Department  of  Treasury,  in  which  shall  be  the 
following  oilicers,  namely:  A  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  to  be 
deemed  the  head  of  the  department ;  a  Comptroller,  an  Auditor, 
a  Register,  a  Treasurer,  and  an  Assistant  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  which  assistant  shall  be  appointed  by  the  said 
secretary;  all  of  which  officers  shall  receive  such  salaries,  re- 
spectively, as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

Sue.  2.  Ami  oe  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  superintend  the  collection 
of  the  public  revenue;  to  digest  and  prepare  plans  I'm-  the  im- 
provement and  management  thereof,  and  for  the  support  of  the 
public  credit;  to  prepare  and  report  estimates  of  the  public 
revenue  and  the  public  expenditures:  to  decide  on  the  forms  of 
keeping  and  stating  accounts  and  making  returns,  and  to  grant, 
under  the  limitations  herein  established  or  to  be  hereafter  pro- 
vided, all  warrants  for  moneys  to  be  paid  into  the  treasury,  and 
all  warrants  for  moneys  to  be  issued  from  the  treasury,  in 
pursuance  of  appropriations  by  law;  to  execute  such  services 
Relative  to  the  sale  of  the  public  property  belonging  to  the 
Confederate  States  as  may  by  law  be  required  of  him;  to  make 
reports  and  give  information  to  the  Congress  or  the  President 
— in  person  or  in  writing,  as  may  be  required— concerning  all 
matters  referred  to  him  by  the  Congress  or  the  President,  re- 
spectively, and  which  shall  appertain  to  his  office;  and  generally 
to  perform  all  such  services  relative  to  the  finances,  and  all  such 
other  duties,  as  he  may  by  law  be  directed  to  perform; 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further- enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  chief  clerk,  and  also 
such  other  clerks,  from  time  to  time,  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
and  Congress  may  authorize  by  law,  which  officers  shall  respec- 
tively receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  shall  cause  to  be  procured  an  official  seal  for  the  De- 
partment of  Treasury,  to  be  approved  by  the  President ;  and 
copies  of  all  official  papers  or  records  in  said  department,  certi- 
fied under  the  seal  thereof,  shall  be  leceived  in  evidence  in  all 


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the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  lieu  of  such  original 
papers  or  records. 

Sec.  5.  Andbe  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  examine  all  letters, 
contracts  and  warrants  prepared  for  the  signature  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury,  and  perform  all  such  other  duties  as  may 
be  devolved  on  him  by  law  or  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Comptroller  to  superintend  the  adjustment  and  pr<  -  na- 
tion of  the  public  accounts;  to  examine  all  accounts  settled  by 
the  Auditor,  and  certify  the  balances  arising  thereon  to  the 
Register;  to  countersign  all  warrants  drawn  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  which  shall  be  authorized  by  law ;  to  report  to 
the  Secretary  the  official  forms  of  all  papers  to  be  issued  in  the 
different  offices  for  collecting  the  public  revenue,  and  the  man- 
ner and  form  of  keeping  and  stating  the  accounts  of  the  several 
persons  employed  therein.  He  shall  moreover  provide  lor  the 
regular  and  punctual  payment  of  all  moneys  which  may  be  col- 
lected, and  shall  direct  prosecutions  tor  all  delinquencies  of  offi- 
cers of  the  revenue,  and  for  debts  that  are  or  shall  be  due  to 
the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Auditor  to  receive  all  public  accounts,  and  alter  examina- 
tion to  certify  the  balance,  and  transmit  the  accounts,  with  the 
vouchers  and  certificate,  to  the  Comptroller  for  his  decision 
thereon  :  Provided^  That  if  any  person  whose  account  shall  be- 
so  audited  he  dissatisfied  therewith,  he  may  appeal  to  the 
Comptroller  against  such  settlement. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Auditor  of  the 
public  accounts  shall  be  empowered  to  administer  oaths  or 
affirmations  t<»  witnesses,  in  any  case  in  which  ^he  may  deem  it 
accessary  or  proper  for  the  due  examination  of  the  accounts 
with  which  lie  maybe  charged. 

Sec.  !>.  Ami  he  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  he  the  duty 
of  the  Register  to  keep  all  accounts  of  the  receipts  and  expen- 
ditures of  the  public  money,  and  of  all  debts  due  to  or  from  the 
Confederate  States ;  to  receive  from  the  Comptroller  the  ac- 
counts which  shall  have  been  finally  adjusted,  and  to  preserve 
such  accounts,  with  their  vouchers  and  certificates ;  to  record 
all  warrants  for  the  receipt  or  payment  of  moneys  at  the  treasr 
ury,  certify  the  same  thereon,  and  to  transmit  to  tho  Secretary 


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of  the  Treasury  copies  of  the  certificates  of  balances  of  a<  > 
adjusted  as  herein  directed. 

Sec.  10.  And  be  it  further  exacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Treasurer  to  receive  and  keep  the  moneys  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  and  to  disburse  the  same  upon  warrants  drawn  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  countersigned  by  the  Comptrol- 
ler, and  recorded  by  the.  Register,  and  not  otherwise  ;  he  shall 
take  receipts  for  all  moneys  paid  by  him,  and  all  receipts  for 
moneys  received  by  him  shall  be  endorsed  upon  warrants  signed 
by  Hie  Seci-etary  of  the  Treasury,  without  which  warrant,  so 
signed,  no  acknowledgment  for  money  received  into  the  public 
treasury  shall  be  valid.  And  the  said  Treasurer  shall  render  his 
accounts  to  the  Comptroller  quarterly,  or  oftener  if  requiredr 
and  shall  transmit  a  copy  thereof,  when  settled,  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury.  ITe  shall,  at  all  times,  submit  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  and  the  Comptroller,  or  either  of  them,  the 
inspection  of  the  books  and  records  in  his  office,  and  of  all 
moneys  in  his  hands ;  and  shall,  prior  to  entering  upon  thedutiea 
of  his  office,  give  bond,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  Comptroller,  in 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  payable  to 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  with  condition  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  for  the  fidelity  of 
the  persons  to  be  by  him  employed,  Which  bond  shall  be  lodged 
in  the  office  of  the  Comptroller. 

Sec.  11.  A>id  be  it  fart  her  enacted,  That  no  person  appointed 
to  any  office  instituted  by  this  act  shall,  directly  or  indirectly, 
be  concerned  or  interested  as  owner  in  whole  or  in  part  of  any 
sea-vessel ;  or  purchase,  by  himself  or  another  in  trust  for  him, 
any  public  property  or  forfeited  goods ;  or  be  concerned  in  the 
purchase  or  disposol  of  any  public  securities  of  any  state  or  of 
the  Confederate  States  ;  or  take  or  apply  to  his  own  use  any 
emolument  or  gain  for  negotiating  or  transacting  any  business 
in  the  said  department,  other  than  what  shall  be  allowed  by  law. 
And  if  any  person  shall  offend  against  any  of  the  prohibitions  of 
this  act,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor,  ami  forfeit  to 
the  Confederate  States  the  penalty  of  three  thousand  dollars, 
and  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  removed  from  office  and  forever 
thereafter  be  incapable  of  holding  any  office  under  the  Confede- 
rate States:  Provided)  That  if  any  other  person  than  a  public 
prosecutor  shall  give  information  of  any  such  offence,  upon  which 


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oution  and  conviction  shall  be  had,  one-half  of  the  afore- 
said penalty  of  three  thousand  dollars,  when  recovered,  shall  lie 
for  the  use  of  the  person  giving  such  information. 
Appboved  February  21,  1801. 


No.  2G.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  War  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  an  executive  department  he  ami  the 
some  is  hereby  established,  under  the  name  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, the  chief  officer  of  which  shall  be  called  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Secretary  shall, 
under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  President,  have  charge  of 
all  matters  and  things  connected  with  the  army,  and  with  the 
Indian  tribes  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederacy,  and  shall 
perform  such  duties  appertaining  to  the  army,  and  to  said  Indian 
tribes,  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  assigned  to  him  by  the 
President. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  ofsaid 
department  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a  chief  clerk  thereof 
and  as  many  interior  clerks  as  may  be  found  necessary  and  may 
be  authorized  by  law. 

ApeeOVED  February  21,  1861. 


No.  2,7.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  Navy  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  8tat<  g  of 
America  do  enact,  That  an  executive  department  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  established  to  be  called  the  Navy  Department. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enaeUdj  That  the  chief  officer  of  said 
department  shall  be  called  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  and  shall, 
under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  President,  have  charge  of 
all  matters  and  things  connected  with  the  navy  of  the  Confede- 
racy, and  shall  perform  all  such  duties  appertaining  to  the  navy 
as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  President. 


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Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Secretary  shall  be 
authorized  to  appoint  a  chief  clerk  and  such  other  clerks  as  may 
be  found  necessary  and  be  authorized  by  law. 

Appkoved  February  21,  1861. 


No.  28.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  Post-Office  Department. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact. 
That  there  shall  be  an  executive  department*  to  be  denominated 
the  Post-Office  Department,  ami  there  shall  be  a  principal  officer 
therein,  to  be  called  the  Postmaster  General,  who  shall  perform 
such  duties  in  relation  to  post-offices  and  post  routes,  as  shall  be 
enjoined  on  him  by  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States, 
agreeably  to  the  constitution  and  the  laws  of  the  land,  who 
stall  be  paid  an  annual  salary  to  be  iixed  by  law,  and  have  power 
to  appoint  a  chief  clerk  and  such  inferior  clerks  as  may  be  found 
necessary.  Mho  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  may  be  fixed 
by  law. 

Approved  February  21,  1861. 


No.  29.]  AN  ACT 

To  organize  and  establish  an  Executive  Department,  to  be 
known  as  the  Department  of  Justice. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  </<>  endct,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act, 
there  shall  be  an  executive  department  to  be  known  as  the  De- 
partment of  Justice.  The  principal  officer  at  the  head  of  said 
department  shall  be  denominated  the  Attorney  General,  who 
shall  be  paid  an  annual  salary  to  be  fixed  by  law,  and  who  shall 
have  the  power  to  appoint  a  clerk,  at  such  compensation  as  may 
be  fixed  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Attorney  General  to  pros- 
ecute and  conduct  all  suits  in  the  Supreme  Court,  in  which  the 
Confederate  States  shall  be  concerned,  and  to  give  his  advice 
and  opinion  upon  questions  of  law,  when  required  by  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Confederate  States,  or  when  requested  by  any  of 
the  heads  of  departments,  touching  any  matters  that  may  con- 


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bjeeta  before  them.  Ik- .-mail  also 
have  superYisory  power  over  the  accounts  of  the  marshals] 
clerks  and  officers  of  all  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States, 

and  all  claims  against  the  Confederate  States. 
Ari'uovKD  February  21,  1861. 


No.  30.]  AN  ACT 

To  prescribe  the  Rates  of  Postage  in  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  0<-  enact,  That  from  and  after  such  period  as  the  Post- 
master General  may  by  proclamation  announce,  there  shall  be 
charged  the  following  rates  of  postage,  to-wit :  For  every  single 
sealed  letter,  and  for  every  letter  in  manuscript  or  paper  of  any 
kind,  upon  which  information  shall  be  asked  for  or  communi- 
cate.1  in  writing  or  by  marks  or  signs,  conveyed  in  the  mail  for 
any  distance  between  places  within  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  not  exceeding  live  hundred  miles,  five  ce-nts  ;  and  for 
any  distance  exceeding  five  hundred  miles,  double  that  rate; 
and  every  letter  or  parcel  not  exceeding  half  an  ounce  in  w  eighl 
shall  be  deemed  a  single  letter,  and  every  additional  weight  of 
half  an  ounce,  or  additional  weight  of  less  than  half  an  ounce, 
shall  be  charged  with  an  additional  single  postage ;  and  all 
packages  containing  other  than  printed  or  written  matter-  ami 
money  packages  are  included  in  this  class — shall  be  rated  by 
weight  as  letters  are  rated,  and  shall  be  charged  double  the 
rates  of  postage  on  letters  ;  and  all  drop  letters,  or  letters  placed 
in  any  post-office  not  for  transmission  but  for  delivery  only,  shall 
be  charged  with  postage  at  the  rate  of  two  cents  each  ;  and  in 
all  the  foregoing  cases  the  postage  must  he  pre  paid  by  stamps; 
and  all  letters  which  shall  hereafter  be  advertised  as  remaining 
OVer  or  uncalled  for  in  any  post-office,  shall  be  charged  wilh  two 
cents  each  in  addition  to  the  regular  postage,  both  to  be  account- 
ed for  as  other  postages  of  this  Confederacy. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  newspapers  not 
exceeding  three  ounces  in  weight,  sent  from  the  office  of  publi- 
cation to  actual  and  bona  fide  subscribers,  shall  be  charged  with 
postage  as  follows,  to-wit :  The  postage  on  the  regular  numbers 
of  a  newspaper  published  weekly,  within  the  state  where  pub- 


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lishcd,  shall  be  six  and  one-half  cents  per  quarter  ;  and  papers 
published  semi-weekly,  double  that  rate;  and  papers  published 
thrice  a  week,  treble  that  rate;  and  papers  published  daily,  six 
times  that  rate ;  and  the  postage  on  all  newspapers  to  actual 
subscribers  without  the  state  where  published,  shall  be  ci 
double  the  foregoing  rale-.  And  periodicals  sent  from  the 
office  of  publication  to  actual  and  bonajidi  subscribers,  shall  be 
charged  with  postage  as  folio wsv to- wit;  The  postage  on  the 
regular  numbers  of  a  periodical  not  exceeding  one  and  a  half 
ounces  in  weight  and  published  monthly,  within  the  state  where 
published,  shall  be  three  cents  per  quarter  ;  if  published  semi- 
monthly, double  that  rate  ;  and  for  every  additional  ounce  or 
fraction  of  an  ounce,  Rouble  the  foregoing  rates  shall  be  charged  ; 
and  periodicals  published  quarterly  or  bi-monthly  shall  be 
charged  one  cent  an  ounce;  and  the  postage  on  all  periodicals 
without  the  state  where  published  shall  be  double  the  above 
speeitied  rates;  and  regular  subscribers  to  newspapers  and 
periodicals  shall  be  required  to  pay  one  quarter's  postage  in 
advance.  And  there  shall  be  charged  upon  every  other  news- 
paper, and  each  circular  not  sealed,  handbill,  engraving,  pamph- 
let, periodical  and  magazine,  which  shall  be  unconnected  with 
any  manuscript  or  written  matter,  not  exceeding1  three  ounces  in 
weight,  two  cents ;  and  for  each  additional  ounce  or  fraction  of 
an  ounce,  two  cents  additional;  and  in  all  cases  the  postagi 
shall  be  pre-paid  by  stamps.  And  books,  bound  or  unbound. 
not  weighing  over  four  pounds,  shall  be  deemed  mailable  mat- 
ter, and  shall  be  charged  with  postage,  to  be  pre-paid  by  stamps, 
at  two  cents  an  ounce  for  any  distance.  The  publishers  of 
newspapers  or  periodicals  may  send  to  each  other,  from  their 
respective  offices  of  publication,  free  of  postage,  one  copy  of 
each  publication. 

Sec.  :>.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Postmaster  General  to  provide  and  furnish  to  all  deputy 
postmasters,  and  to  all  other  persons  applying  and  paying  there- 
for, suitable  postage  stamps  ami  stamped  envelopes,  of  the  de- 
nomination of  two  cents,  tive  cents,  and  twenty  cents,  to  facili- 
tate the  pre-paytnent  of  postages  provided  for  in  this  act;  and 
any  person  who  shall  forge  or  counterfeit  any  postage  stamp 
provided  or  furnished  under  the  provisions  of  this  or  any  former 
act,  whether  the  same  are  impressed  or  printed  on  or  attached 
to  envelopes  or  not,  or  any  die,  plate,  or  engraving  therefor,  or 


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shall  make  or  print,  or  knowingly  use  or  sell,  or  have  in  hifl 
jsion  with  intent  to  use  or  Sell,  any  Buch  false,  forged  or 
counterfeited  die,  plate,  engraving  or  postage  stamp,  or  who 
shall  make  or  print,  or  authorize  or  procure  to  be  made  or 
printed,  any  postage  stamps  of  the  kind  provided  and  famished 
by  the  Postmaster  General  as  aforesaid,  without  the  especial 
authority  and  direction  < •  1 "  1 1  j » -  Post-Office  Department,  or  who, 
after  such  postage  stamps  have  been  printed,  shall,  with  intent 
to  defraud  the  revenues  of  the  Post-Office  Department,  deliver 

any  postage  Stamps  to  any  person  br  persons  other  than  such  as 

shall  be  authorized  to  receive  the  same  by  au  instrument  of 
writing,  duly  executed  under  the  hand  of  the  Postmaster  Gen- 
eral and  the  seal  of  the  POst-OniCe  Department,  shall,  on  con- 
viction thereof,  he  deemed  guilty  ©ffelony,  and  he  punished  hy 
a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  or  hy  imprisonment 
not  exceeding  five  years',  Or'b^both  such  line  and  imprisonment  ; 

and  the  expenses  of  procuring  and  providing  all  such  postage 
Stamps  and  letter  envelopes  as  are  provided  lor  or  authorized 
by  this  act,  shall  he  paid,  after  being  adjusted  by  the  Auditor  of 
the  Post-Office  Department,  on  the  certificate  of  the  Postmaster 
General!  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  arising  from  the  reve- 
nues of  the  Post-Office  Department! 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  he  the  duty 
of  every  postmaster"  to  cause  to  he  defaced,  in  such  manner  as 
the  Postmaster  General  shall  direct,  all  postage  stamps  of  this 
Confederacy  attached  to  letters  deposited  in  his  office  for  deliv- 
ery, or  to  he  stmt  by  mail  ;  and  if  an^r  postmaster  sending  letters 
in  the  mail  with  such  postage  stamps  attached  shall  omit  to 
deface  the  same,  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  post  master  to  whose 
office  such  letters  shall  be  sent  for  delivery  to  deface  the  stamps 
and  report  the  delinquent  postmaster  to  the  Postmaster  <  reneral. 
And  if  any  person  shall  use  or  attempt  to  use  In  pre-paymenl  of 
postage  any  postage  stamps  which  shall  have  been  before  used 
for  like  purposes,  such  person  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of 

fifty  dollars  for  every  such  offence,   to  he  recovered  in  the  name 

of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  endcted,  That  from  and  after  the 
day  when  this  act  goes  into  effect  the  franking  privilege  shall 
be  abolished:  Provided,  That  the  Postmaster  (General  and  his 
chief  clerks  and  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  for  the  Post-Office  De- 


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partment  shall  he  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  transmit 
through  the  mail,  free  of  postage,  any  letters,  packages  or  oilier 
matters  relating  exclusively  to  their  official  duties  or  to  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Post-Office  Department ;  but  they  shall,  in  every  such 
case,  indorse  on  the  back  of  the  letter  or  package  to  be  sent  free 
of  postage,  over  their  own  signature,  the  words  "  Official  Busi- 
ness." And  for  any  such  indorsement  falsely  made,  the  person 
so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  three  hundred  dollars.  And 
provided  further,  The  several  deputy  postmasters  -throughout, 
the  Confederate  States  shall  be  and  hereby  are  authorized  to 
-end  through  the  mail,  free  of  postage,  all  letters  and  packages 
which  it  may  be  their  duly  or  they  may  have  occasion  to  trans. 
mit  to  any  person  or  place',  and  which  shall  relate  exclusively  to 
:1m-  business  of  their  respective  offices  or  to  the  business  of  the 
Post -Office  Department';  but  in  every  such  case  the  deputy  post- 
master sending  any  such  letter  or  package  shall  indorse  thereon, 
over  his  own  signature,  the  words  "Post-Office  Business."  And 
for  any  and  every  such  indorsement  falsely  made,  the  person 
making  the  same  shall  forfeit  and  pay  three  hundred  dollars. 

Saw .  <.;.  And  be  it  further  maeted,  That  the  third  section  «>f 
an  act  entitled  "An  act  further  to  amend  an  act  entitled  'An  net 
to  reduce  and  modify  the  rates  of  postage  in  the  United  States, 
and  for  other  purposes,  passed  March  third,  eighteen  hundred 
and  fifty-one,'"  approved  March  3d,  1835,  whereby  the  letter 
registration  system  was  established,  be  and  is  hereby  repealed, 
from  and  after  the  day  when  this  act  goes  into  effect. 

Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  no  letters  shall  be  car- 
ried by  the  express  or  other  chartered  companies,  unless  the 
same  shall  be  pre-paid  by  being  enclosed  in  a  stamped  envelope 
of  this  Confederacy  ;  and  any  company  violating  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offence,  to  be  recovered  by  action  of  debt  in  any  court 
of  this  Confederacy  having  cognizance  thereof,  in  the  fame  and 
for  the  use  of  this  Confederacy. 

Sec.  8.  Bt  U  further  enacted,  That  the  Postmaster  General 
of  the  Confederate  States  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  make 
ill  necessary  arrangements  for  the  transmission  of  mails  between 
the  territories  of  this  and  other  governments,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  President,  until  postal  treaties  can  be  effected. 

Arn:ovi;i>  Fehruary  23,  1861. 


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;.]  a:.  ACT 

For  the  Relief  of  William  P.  Barker, 

Sectioh  i.  Tfy  Congress  <•/  tl<<  Confederal  States  of 
America  do-  enapt,  That  Wifliam  P.  Barker,  a  citieeto  of  the 
•'  Alabama,  1"'  authorized  to  file  in  the  office  of  the  Attor- 
ney <  Jeneral  a  specification  of  an  invention  claimed  to  have  bees 
made  by  him,  as  an  improvement  in  the  mode  of  casting  ord- 
nance, and  that  the  same  shall,  from  this  date,  operate  as  a 
caveat,  to  protect  his  said  invention  until  an  application  can  b< 
made  for  a  patent  according  to  law. 

Arri:<>vi:i>  Februory  25,  1861. 


No.  32.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  provide  an  Executive  Mansion; 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
.  That  the  committee  to  arrange  for  government  build- 
ings be  authorized  to  lease  a  furnished  mansion  for  the  residence 
of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Approved  February  25,  18G1. 


No.  3«.]  AN  ACT 

In  relation  to  Public  Printing. 

Si.cnoN  1.  The  Congress  of  t/n-  Confederal  States  of 
America  do  enacts  That  the  Secretary  of  Congress  shall,  after 
each  session,  prepare  for  publication  fair   copies    of  all    the    acts 

passed  by  Congress,  and  resolutions  of  a  public  nature  intended 
to  have  the  effect  oflalve,  together  with  the  Constitutions  for  a 
Provisional  and  Permanent  Government  of  this  Confederacy, 
adopted  by  this  Congress. 

Sec.  2.  The  aels  shall  he  arranged  under  appropriate  titles, 
shall  have  marginal  notes  to  each  section,  and  he  fully  indexed. 

Sec.  ;5.  The  Secretary  shall  also  prepare  for  publication  copies 
of  the  public  journal  of  the  proceedings  of  this  Congress,  and  a 
full  index  for  the  same. 

Sec.  4'.  The  acts  and  journals,  when  prepared,  shall  be  de- 
livered to  the  public  printers,  who  shall,  without  delay,  publish 


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three  thousand  copies  of  each,  in  a  style  equal  in  execution,  and 
upon  paper  of  the  same  quality  in  every  respect,  as  the  laws  of 
the  United  States,  as  annually  published  by  Messrs.  Little  ct 
Brown. 

Sec.  5.  The  acts  of  Congress  thus  published  shall  be  hound 
by  the  public  printers  in  a  style  not  inferior  to  the  acts  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Alabama,  for  which  service 
he  shall  receive  the  sum  oi'  twenty-live  cents  per  copy. 

S&bi  6.  The  public  printer  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  as  com- 
pensation for  the  publication  of  the  laws  and  journals  the  fol- 
lowing prices,  viz  : 

For  each  page  of  the  laws  and  journals;  including  press  work, 
paper,  pressing,  folding  and  stitching)  the  sum  of  six  dollars. 

Sbc.  7.  For  all  job  printing  ordered  by  Congress  the  public 
printers  shall  receive  the  following  compensation  and  no  more, 
viz: 

First  :  For  bills,  resolutions  and  reports — For  composition  per 
page  (foolscap)  one  dollar  and  seventy-five  cents;  for  press 
work,  folding-  and  stitching  one  hundred  copies,  twenty-five 
cents  per  page,  and  pro  rata  for  all  copies  over  one  hundred. 

Second  :  For  rules,  constitutions  and  other  pamphlets — For 
composition  per  page,  (octavo)  in  small  pica,  plain,  one  dollar; 
in  small  pica,  rule,  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents;  for  brevier,  plain, 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents;  for  brevier,  rule,  two  dollars;  for 
rule  and  figure  work  on  page  larger  than  royal  octavo,  per  1000 
ems,  one  dollar;  for  press  work,  including  folding  and  stitching, 
per  token,  seventy  cents. 

Third:  For  yeas  and  nays,  circular  letters,  and  other  miscel- 
laneous printing  ordered  by  Congress — For  composition,  plain 
work,  per  1000  ems,  seventy  cents  ;  rule  and  ligure  work,  per 
1000  ems,  one  dollar  ;  for  press  work,  including  folding  and 
stitching,  per  token  or  fraction  of  token,  seventy  cents. 

Fourth  :  For  all  paper  on  which  printing  is  done  for  Congress, 
the  public  printer  shall  be  allowed  the  fair  market  cost  thereof, 
and  twenty  per  centum  additional  thereto. 

Fifth  :  On  all  work  done  for  Congress  when  in  secret  session 
the  public  printer  shall  receive  an  additional  compensation  of 
ten  per  centum  on  the  ahove  rates. 

Skc  8.     The  chief  officers  of  the  executive  departments  of  the 
government  are  hereby  authorized   to  contract  for  all  in  c 
printing  in  connection  with  their  sex  era!   offices,    in  no  case, 


.  •!•,  at  higher  rates  of  compensation  than  hereinbefore  pre- 
scribed for  work  done  for  Congress. 

•'.  The  Postmaster  General  shall  contract  for  the  publi- 
cation of  all  post  bills  and  other  blanks  connected  with  his  office, 
ii.>i  exceeding  the  following  rates :  For  composition,  including 
rule  and  figure  work,  per  1000  ems,  fifty  cents:  for  presswork, 
per  clean  token,  (the  sheets  uot  to  be  Less  than  10  by  26  inches) 
fifty  cents;  for  paper,  ten  per  cent,  on  actual  cost.  Nothing 
shall  be  allowed  for  altering  the  name  of  a  postmaster  on  a  post 
bill  or  otlier  blank,  nor  shall  there  be  an  additional  charge  for 
composition  when  the  name   of  the  post-oilice  alone  is  changed; 

But  the  printer  shall  be  required  to  keep  always  on  hand  forms 
for  post-office  blanks,  and  when  new  orders  are  given,  the 
charge  -hall  lie  made  only  for  the  press  work  and  paper,  and 
such  new  composition  as  may  be  necessary. 

■si  i  .  10.  All  accounts  for  printing  done  for  Congress  or  any 
one  of  the  executive  departments  shall,  before  the  same  are 
allowed  and  paid,  be  sworn  to  by  the  public  printer  or  con- 
tractor ;  shall  be  accompanied  by  vouchers,  showing  the  cost  of 
the  paper  used  and  the  quantity  thereof,  and  shall  be  certified  to 
be  corredly  made  out  under  the  law  by  at  least  two  disinter- 
ested practical  printers  in  no  way  connected  with  the  office  or 
business  of  the  claimant. 

Seg.  11.  The  foregoing  rates  and  provisions  do  not  apply  to 
advertisements  in  public  gazettes  by  order  of  any  of  the  execu- 
tive departments,  for  which  the  usual  fees  paid  by  other  adver- 
tisers shall  lie  allowed.  But  no  advert  isement  from  any  of  the 
executive  departments  shall  be  inserted  in  more  than  three  pub- 
lic gazettes  in  the  same  state. 

Bec.  i  l\  When  printing  on  parchment  is  required  to  he  done 
for  any  executive  department,  the  parchment  shall  he  purchased 
and  furnished  by  such  department,  and  a  special  contract  made 
for  such  printing,  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  per  thousand  copies. 

Sec.  i:'..  There  shall  be  connected  with  the  Department  of 
Justice  a  Bureau  of  Printing,  the  chief  officer  of  w  Inch  shall  be 

appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent 
of  the  Congress,  and  shall  be  known  as  the  Superintendent  of 
Public  Printing.  Np  person  shall  be  eligible  to  this  office1  who 
is  not  skilled  in  and  acquainted  with  the  practical  details  of  the 
business  of  printing;  nor  shall  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Printing  be  in  any  manner,  directly  or  indirectly,  interested  in 


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the  contracts  for  public  printing,  nor  with  the  printing  office  at 
which  the  same  is  done,  nor  connected  with  any  newspaper  in 
any  capacity  whatever. 

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  to  super- 
vise, direct  and  control  all  the  printing  done  by  order  <>f  Con- 
gress, "i-  ander  contract  with  any  executive  department,  as  to 
the  quality  of  paper  to  he  used,  the  character  of  type,  the  style 
of  binding,  and  the  general  execution  of  the  work;  and  also  as 
to  the  time  and  order  in  which  the  same  shall  he  completed.  It 
shall  he  his  duty  also  to  report  to  the  head  of  the  department, 
at  least  once  a  year,  the  condition  of  the  public  printing — 
stalin-'  the  amount,  paid  out  for  the  same  on  eaeh  contract, 
specifying  the  amount  paid  out  under  the  order  of  each  depart- 
ment, and  giving  estimates  of  the  probable  expenditure  for  the 
succeeding  year;  which  report  shall  be  laid  before  the  Congress 
by  the  President,  in  connection  with  his  annual  message,  1' 
shall  be  his  duty  also  to  take  from  every  contractor  for  public 
printing  such  bond,  with  good  security,  as  he  may  require,  nol 
exceeding  the  probable  amount  of  the  contract  price  for  the 
printing  to  be  done  by  such  contractor,  and  conditioned  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  his  contract  in  every  particular.  Such 
bonds  shall  be  renewed  annually  by  contractors  whose  work 
shall  he  continuing  in  its  character  and  extends  beyond  the  year 
of  its  commencement. 

Sec.  15.  All  accounts  for  printing  done,  when  rendered  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  audited  and  allowed  by  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Printing  before  the  same  shall  be 
paid,  if  the  Superintendent  shall  refuse  to  receive  any  work 
dune,  or  shall  refuse  to  allow  any  account  rendered,  the  printer 
or  contractor  may  appeal  from  such  decision  to  the  head  of  the 
department,  whose  decision  on  the  appeal  shall  be  final  and 
conclusive. 

Sec.  1G.  All  laws  or  parts  of  laws  militating  against  the 
provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Adopted  February  2  7,  1861. 


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Ko.S4.]  A\   ACT 

To  declare  :in<l  establish  the  Free  Navigation  of  the  Mississippi 
River, 

Section   l.     The  Congress   of  the    Confederate    Stat 

■  do  enact,  Thai  the  peaceful  navigation  of  the  Missis- 
sippi river  is  hereby  declared  free  i<>  the  citizens  of  any  of  the 
states  upon  its  borders,  or  upon  the  borders  of  its  navigable 
tributaries;  and  all  ships,  boats,  rafts  or  vessels  may  navigate 
the  sarnie,  under  such  regulations  as  may  be  established  by 
authority  of  law,  Or  under  such  police  regulations  as  may  be 
established  by  the  states  within  their  several  jurisdictions. 

Sto  .  _.  Be  it  further  enacted,  All  ships,  boats  or  vessels 
Which  may  enter  the  waters  of  the  said  river  Within  the  limits 
of  this  Confederacy,  from  any  port  or  place  beyond  th 
limits,  may  freely  pass  with  their  cargoes  to  any  other  port  or 
place  beyond  the  limits  of  this  Confederacy  without  any  duty 
or  hindrance,  except  light  money,  pilotage,  and  other  like 
charges;  but  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  such  shi)>.  lio.it  or 
vessel  to  sell,  deliver,  or  in  any  way  dispose  of  any  part  of  her 
cargo,  or  land  any  portion  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  sale  and 
delivery  within  the  limits  of  this  Confederacy;  and  in  case  any 
portion  of  such  cargo  shall  be  sold  or  delivered,  or  landed  for 
that  purpose,  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  same 
shall  be  forfeited,  and  shall  be  seized  and  condemned  by  a  pro- 
ceeding in  admiralty  before  the  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the 
same  in  the  district  in  which  the  same  may  be  found;  and  the 
ship,  boat  or  vessel  shall  forfeit  four  times  the  amount  of  the 
value  of  the  duties  chargeable  OH  the  said  goods,  wares  or  mer- 
chandise so  landed,  sold  or  disposed  of  in  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  to  be  recovered  by  a  proper  proceeding  in 
admiralty  before  the  said  court,  in  the  district  in  which  such 
Bhip,  boat  or  Vessel  may  be  found,  one-half  for  the  use  of  the 
Collector  of  the    district   who   shall    institute    and    conduct  such 

proceeding,  the  other  half  for  the  use  of  the  government  of  the 
Confederate  States :  Pr<>rnl,<L  Thai  if  any  such  ship,  boat  or 

vessel  shall  be  stranded,  or  from  any  cause  become  unable  to 
proceed  on  its  Voyage,  the  cargo  thereof  may  be  landed  and  the 
same  be  entered  at  the  nearest  port  of  entry,  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  regularly  consigned  to 
said  port  ;  and  the  person  so  entering  the  same  shall  be  entitled 


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to  the  benefit  of  drawback  of  duties  or  of  warehousing  said 
goods,  wares  and  merchandise  as  provided!  by  law  in  other  cases 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  If  any  person  having  the 
charge  of  or  being  concerned  in  the  transportation  of  any  goods, 
wares  or  merchandise  upon  the  said  river,  shall,  with  intent  to 
defraud  the  revenue,  break  open  or  unpack,  within  the  limits  of 
the  Confederate  Stales,  any  part  of  the  merchandise  entered  for 
transportation  beyond  the  said  limits,  or  shall  exchange  or  con- 
sume the  same,  or  with  like  intent  shall  break  or  deface  any 
seal  or  fastening  placed  thereon  by  any  officer  of  the  revenue, 
or  if  any  person  shall  deface,  alter  or  forge  any  certificate 
granted  i'o*  the  protection  of  merchandise  transported  as  afore- 
said, each  and  every  person  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
five  hundred  dollars,  and  shall  be  imprisoned  not  less  than  one 
nor  more  than  six  months,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court  before 
which  such  person  shall  be  convicted. 

Sec.  •!.  Be  it  further  enacted,  In  case  any  ship,  boat  or  ves- 
sel shall  enter  the  waters  of  the  said  river  within  the  limits  of 
the  Confederate  States,  having  on  board  any  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties,  and  the  master, 
consignee  or  owner  shall  desire  to  land  the  same  for  sale  or 
Otherwise,  it  shall  be  lawful  to  enter  the  said  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise  at  any  port  of  entry,  in  the  same  manner  as  goods, 
Wares  or  merchandise  regularly  consigned  to  the  said  port,  or 
to  forward  them  under  bond  or  seal,  according  to  the  regula- 
tions customary  in  such  cases,  when  consigned  to  any  port  or 
place  beyond  the  limits  of  this  Confederacy,  and  on  payment  of 
the  duties  on  said  goods,  to  obtain  from  the  collector  a  license 
to  land  the  same  at  any  point  on  the  river;  and  (when  goods, 
■wares  or  merchandise  shall  be  entered  as  aforesaid,  the  owner, 
importer  or  consignee  shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of  draw- 
back of  duties  or  of  warehousing  the  said  goods,  wares  and 
merchandise,  as  is  provided  by  law,  upon  complying  with  all 
the  laws  and  regulations  which  apply  to  cases  of  entry  for 
drawback  or  warehousing  respectively. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  When  any  such  ship,  boat  or 
vessel,  having  on  board  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  subject 
to  the  payment  of  duties,  as  set  forth  in  the  fourth  section,  shall 
arrive  at  the  first  port  of  her  entry  of  the  Confederate  States, 
the  master  or  person  in  command  of  such  ship,  boat  or  vessel 
shall,  before  he  pass  the  said  port,  and  immediately  after  his 


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arrival,  deposit  with  the  collector  a  manifest  of  the  cargo  on 
board  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties,  and  the  said  collector 
shall,  after  registering  the  same,  transmit  it,  duly  certified  to 
have  been  deposited,  to  the  officers  with  whom  the  entries  are 
to  be  made;  and  the  said  collector  may,  if  he  judge  it  neces- 
sary for  the  security  of  the  revenue,  pul  an  inspector  of  the 
customs  mi  board  any  such  ship,  boal  or  vessel,  to  accompany 
the  same  until  her  arrival  at  the  firs'1  port  of  entry  to  which  her 
cargo  may  be  consigned;  and  if  the  master  or  person  in  eom- 
mand  shall  omit  to  deposite  a  manifest  as  aforesaid,  or  refuse  to 
receive  such  inspector  on  board,  he  shall  forfeit  and  paj  five 
hundred  dollars,  with  costs  of  suit,  one-half  to  the  use  of  the 
officer  with  whom  the  manifest  should  have  been  deposited, 
and  the  other  half  to  the  use  of  tjie  collector  of  the  district  to 
which  the  vessel  was  bound:  Provided,  hotoever,  That  until 
ports  of  entry  shall  he  established  above  the  city  of  Vicksburg, 
on  the  Mississippi  river,  the  penalties  of  this  act  shall  not  extend 
to  the  delivery  of  goods  above  that  port  by  vessels  or  boats 
descending  said  river*. 

APPROVED  February  25,  1861. 


No.  35.]  AN  ACT 

To  modify  the  Navigation  Laws  and  repeal  all  Discriminating 
Duties  on  Ships  or  Vessels. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  all  laws  which  forbid  the  employment 
in  the  coasting  trade  of  ships  or  vessels  not  enrolled  or  lic< 
and  also  all  laws  which  forbid  the  importation  of  goods,  wares 
or  merchandise  from  one  port  of  the  Confederate  States  to 
another  port  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  from  any  foreign 
port  or  place,  in  a  vessel  belonging  wholly  or  in  part  to  a  sub- 
ject or  citizen  of  any  foreign  state  or  power,  are  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

Sec.  2.  All  laws  which  impose  any  discriminating  duty  on 
the  tonnage  of  ships  or  vessels  owned  by  any  subject  or  citizen 
of  any  foreign  state,  or  power,  or  upon  goods,  wares  or  mer- 
chandise imported  in  any  such  ship  or  vessel,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  February  20,  1861. 


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No.  36.]  AN  ACT 

To   define   more  accurately  the  Exemption  of  Certain   Goods 
from  Duty. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederal  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That  the  exemption  from  duties  allowed  by  the  act  to  "Exempt 
from  duties  certain  commodities  therein  named,  and  for  othei 
purposes,"  passed  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  February,  1S61, 
shall  extend  only  to  such  goods,  bona  fid  purchased  on  or  be- 
fore the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February  instant,  as  shall  have 
been  actually  laden  on  board  of  the  exporting  vessel  or  convey- 
ance destined  for  any  port  in  this  Confederacy,  on  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  March,  in  the  present  year. 
Approved  February  2C,  1801. 


No.  3  7.]  AN  ACT 

For  the  Establishment  and  Organization  of  a  General  Staff  for 
the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  l.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederal  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the  passing  of  this  act, 
the  general  staff  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  shall 
consist  of  an  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Department, 
Quartermaster  General's  Department,  Subsistence  Department, 
and  the  Medical  Department. 

Sec.  2.  JBe  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector 
General's  Department  shall  consist  of  one  Adjutant  and  Inspec- 
tor General  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  four  Assistant  Adjutants 
General  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  four  Assistant  Adjutants 
General  with  the  rank  of  captain. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Quartermaster 
General's  Department  shall  consist  of  one  Quartermaster  General 
with  the  rank  of  colonel,  six  Quartermasters  with  the  rank  of 
major;  and  as  many  Assistant  Quartermasters  as  may  from  time 
to  time  be  required  by  the  service  may  be  detailed  by  the  War 
Department  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line,  who,  in  addition  to 
their  pay  in  the  line,  shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per  mouth 
while  engaged  in  that  service.  The  quartermasters  herein  pro- 
vided for  shall  also  discharge  the  duties  of  paymasters,  under 
such  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 


GO 

i.  II  itjvarther  enacted.  That  the  Commissary  General's 
Department  shall  consist  of  one  Commissary  General  with  the 
rank  of  colonel,  four  Commissaries  with  t lie'  rank  of  captain • 
and  as  many  Assistant  Commissaries  as  may  from  time  to  time  bo 
required  by  the  service  may  be  detailed  by  the  War  Depart, 
ment  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line,  who,  in  addition  to  their 
pay  in  tlie  line,  shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per  month  while  en- 
gaged in  that  service.  The  assistant  quartermasters  and  assis- 
tant commissaries  shall  be  subject  to  duties  in  both  departments 
at  the  same  time,  hut  shall  not  receive  the  additional  compensa- 
tion but  in  one  department. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Medical  Department 
shall  consist  of  one  Surgeon  General  with  the  rank  of  colonel, 
four  Surgeons  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  six  Assistant  Surgeons 
With  the  rank  of  captain  ;  and  as  many  Assistant  Surgeons  as  the 
service  may  require  may  be  employed  by  the  Department  of 
War,  and  receive  the  pay  of  assistant  surgeons. 

Si;.  .  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  officers  of  the  Adju- 
tant General's*  Quartermaster  General's,  and  Commissary  Gen- 
eral's Department,  though  eligible  to  command,  according  to  the 
rank  they  hold  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
shall  not  assume  command  of  troops,  unless  put  on  duly  under 
orders  which  specially  so  direct  by  authority  of  the  President. 
The  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  shall  not  exercise  com- 
mand except  in  their  own  department. 

Sec.  7.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  staff  officers  herein 
provided  for  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  and  shall  receive  such 
pay  and  allowances  as  shall  be  hereafter  established  by  law. 

Aiti;o\  ED  February  2G,  1801. 


No.  38.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  establish  addi- 
tional Polls  and  Places  of  Entry  and  Delivery,  and  appoint 
Officers  therefor. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be  and 
•he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  establish   such  ports 


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of  entry  and  delivery  of  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  . 
His  judgment  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  collection  of  the 
customs  and  the  enforcement  of  the  revenue  laws  of  the  Con" 
ederate  States ;  and  that  he  have  power  to  change,  alter  and 
abolish  such  ports  and  places  of  entry  and  delivery  at  any  time 
when  the  public  interests  may  require  it. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  be  and  Ee  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  ap- 
point suitable  persons  as  collectors  of  the  customs  at  such  ports 
and  places  of  entry  and  delivery,  under  such  regulations  and 
with  such  salaries  as  he  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe  and 
establish. 

Aitkovkd  February  28,  1861. 


No.  40.]  AX  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Secretary  of  State  to  appoint  an  Assistant. 

Tin  Congress  of  tin  Confederate  States  of  America  do  <u<i<-;. 
That  the  Secretary  of  State  he  ami  he  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  appoint  an  assistant,  who  shall  he  known  as  the 
A»istant  Secretary  of  State,  who  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
may  he  assigned  him  by  the  Secretary,  and  receive  such  com- 
pensation for  his  services  as  may  he  fixed  by  law. 

Approved  February  27,  1861. 


No.  41.]  A\  ACT 

To  raise  Money  for  the  support  of  the  Government,  and  to  pro- 
vide for  the  Defence  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  tic  Confederal  states  of 
America  <!<>  enact,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  State- 
be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  at  any  time  within  twelve 
months  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  to  borrow,  on  the  credit  of 
the  Confederate  States,  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  millions  of 
dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  in  his  opinion  the  exigencies  of 
the  public  service  may  require,  to  be  applied  to  the  payment  of 
appropriations,  made  by  law  for  the  support  of  the  government 
and  for  the  defence  of  the  Confederate  States. 

..'.    The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized, 


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by  the  consent  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  to 
to  be  prepared  certificates  of  stock  or  bonds,  in  snch  sums 
as  are  hereinafter  mentioned,  lor  the  amount  to  be  borrowed  as 
aforesaid,  to  be  signed  by  the  Register  of  the  Treasury  and 
sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  treasury;  and  the  said  certifies 
stock  or  bonds  shall  be  made  payable  at  the  expiration  of  ten 
years  from  the  first  day  of  September  next ;  and  the  interest 
ihereon  shall  be  paid  semi-annually,  at  the  rate  of  eight  percent* 
per  annum,  at  the  treasury  and  such  other  place  as  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  may  designate.  And  to  the  bonds  which  shall 
be  issued  as  aforesaid  shall  he  attached  coupons  for  the  semi- 
annual interest  which  shall  accrue,  which  coupons  may  be  signed 
by  officers  to  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury.  And  the  faith  of  the  Confederate  States  is  here- 
by pledged  for  the  due  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of 
the  said  stock  and  bonds. 

Sec.  3.  At  the  expiration  of  live  years  from  the  first  day  of 
September  next,  the  Confederate  States  may  pay  up  any  portion 
of  the  bonds  or  stocks,  upon  giving  three  months  previous  pub- 
lic notice,  at  the  seat  of  government,  of  the  particular  stocks  or 
bonds  to  be  paid,  and  the  time  and  place  of  payment  ;  and  from 
and  after  the  time  so  appointed,  no  further  interest  shall  he  paid 
on  said  stock  or  bonds. 

Sec.  4.  The  certificates  of  stock  and  bonds  shall  be  issued 
in  such  form  and  for  such  amounts  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  and  may  be  assigned  or  delivered 
under  such  regulations  as  he  may  establish  ;  but  none  of  them 
shall  be  for  a  less  sum  than  fifty  dollars.  And  he  shall  report  to 
Congress,  at  its  next  session,  a  statement  in  detail  of  his  pro- 
ceedings, and  the  rate  at  which  the  loans  may  have  been  made, 
and  all  the  expenses  attending  the  same. 

SiBC.  5.  From  and  after  the  first  day  of  August,  1861,  there 
shall  he  levied  and  collected  and  paid,  a  duty  of  one-eighth  of 
one  cent,  per  pound  on  all  cotton  in  the  raw  state  exported  from 
the  Confederate  States,  which  duty  is  hereby  specially  pledged 
to  the  due  payment  of  interest-  and  principal  of  the  loan  provided 
for  in  this  act;  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby 
authorized  and  required  to  establish  a  sinking  fund  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  section :  Provided,  however,  That 
the  interest  coupons,  issued  under  the  second  section  of  this  act, 
when  due,  shall  be  receivable  in  payment  of  the  export  duty  on 


cotton:  Provided,  also,  That  when  the  debt  and  interest  there- 
on herein  authorized  to  be  contracted  shall  be  extinguished,  or 
the  sinking  fund  provided  for  that  purpose  shall  be  adequate  to 
that  end,  the  said  export  duty  shall  cease  and  determine. 
Adopted  February  28,  1861. 


No.  42.]  A\   ACT 

Supplemental  to  an  act  to  Regulate  the  Rates  of  Postage  and 
for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  until  postage  stamps  and  stamped 
envelopes  can  be  procured  and  distributed,  the  Postmaster 
General  may  order  the  postage  of  the  Confederacy  to  be  pre- 
paid in  money,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may 
adopt.    ' 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  until  otherwise  provided 
by  law,  the  Postmaster  General  may  contract  with  any  line  of 
steamers  for  the  transportation  of  mail  matter  between  the 
ports  of  this  Confederacy  ami  the  ports  of  foreign  governments  : 
Provided,  That  the  rates  of  postage  shall  not  exceed  the  rates 
allowed  by  the  present,  laws  of  the  United  States  for  similar 
service,  and  the  compensation  to  be  paid  shall  not  exceed  the 
income  from  postage  on  such  matter. 

Approved  .March  1,  1861. 


No.  43.]  AN  ACT 

To  raise  Provisional  Forces  for  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Sectiox  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  to  enable  the  government  of  the  Con- 
federate States  to  maintain  its  jurisdiction  over  all  questions  of 
peace  and  war,  and  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,  the  Presi- 
dent be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  assume 
control  of  all  military  operations  in  every  state,  having  reference 
to  or  connection  with  questions  between  said  states,  or  any  of 
them,  and  powers  foreign  to  them. 


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i  id  l  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Preside 
hereby  authorized  to  receive  from  the  Beveral  states  the  avm> 
and  munitions  of  war  which  have  been  acquired  from  the  United 
States,  and  whirl)  are  now  in  the  forts,  arsenals  and  navy  yards 
of  the  said  states,  and  all  other  arms  and  munitions  which  they 
may  desire  to  turn  over  and  make  chargeable  to  this  govern- 
ment. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  he  author- 
ized to  receive  into  the  service  of  tins  governmenl  such  forces 
now  in  the  service  of  said  states  as  may  be  tendered,  or  who 
may  volunteer,  by  consent  of  their  state,  in  such  numbers  as  lie 
may  require,  for  any  time  not  less  than  twelve  months,  unless 
sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  forces  may  be 
received,  with  their  officers,  by  companies,  battalions  or  regi- 
ments, and  when  so  received  shall  form  a  part  of  the  Provisional 
Army  of  the  Confederate  States,  according  to  the  terms  of  their 
enlistment;  and  the  President  shall  appoint,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  Congressj  such  general  officer  or  officers 
for  said  forces  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  service. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  forces,  when  received 
into  the  service  of  this  government,  shall  have  the  same  pay  and 
allowances  as  may  be  provided  by  law  for  volunteers  entering 
the  service,  or  for  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  the  same  rules  and  government. 

Approved  February  28,  1661. 


No.  44.]  AN  ACT 

To  admit  Texas  as  a  Member  of  the  Confederate  States  oi 

America. 

TJie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That  the  State  of  Texas  he  and  is  hereby  admitted  as  a  member 
of  this  Confederacy,  upon  an  equal  footing  with  the  other  Con. 
federate  States. 
Approved  March  2,  1861. 


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No.  45.]  A  RESOLUTION 

In  relation  to  Patents  and  Caveats. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  /States  of 
American  That  all  persons,  being  citizens  of  the  Confederate 
States,  who  may  wish  to  procure  patents  or  file  caveats  for 
inventions  and  useful  discoveries  and  improvements,  may  file  in 
the  oftioe  of  the  Attorney  General  a  specification  of  such  inven- 
tion, discovery  or  improvement,  together  with  such  descriptive 
drawings  as  may  be  necessary  ;  and  such  specification,  when  so 
filed,  shall  operate  as  a  caveat  to  protect  the  rights  of  Such  per- 
sons, until  regular  application  can  be  made  according  to  law  ; 
and  this  resolution  shall  apply  to  all  patents  heretoiore  granted 
by  the  United  States  to  citizens  of  this  Confederacy,  and  to 
caveats  heretofore  filed  by  such  citizens  in  the  Patent  Office  of 
the  United  Slates,  on  such  patents  and  copies  of  such  caveats 
being  deposited,  as  aforesaid,  in  the  office  of  the  Attorney  Gen- 
eral ;  Provided^  That  such  applicants  shall  pay  such  fees  as  may 
hereafter  he  required  by  law  establishing  a  patent  office,  on  ap- 
plication for  patents  and  filing  of  caveats. 

ArPKOVED  March  4,  1SG1. 


No.  48.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  Public  Defence. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  in  order  to  provide  speedily  forces  to 
repel  invasion,  maintain  the  rightful  possession  of  the  Confede- 
rate States  of  America  in  every  portion  of  territory  belonging 
to  each  state,  and  to  secure  the  public  tranquility  and  indepen- 
dence against  threatened  assault,  the  President  be  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  employ  the  militia,  military  and  naval 
forces  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  to  ask  for  and 
accept  the  services  of  any  number  of  volunteers,  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  thousand,  who  may  offer  their  services,  either  as 
cavalry,  mounted  riflemen,  artillery  or  infantry,  in  such  propor- 
tion of  these  several  arms  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  to  serve 
for  twelve  months  after  they  shall  be  mustered  into  service, 
unless  sooner  discharged. 


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8l    And  be  it  further  enacted,  That   the  militia,  when 

called  into  service  by  virtue  of  this  act  or  any  Other  act,  if  in 
the  opinion  of  the  President  the  public  interest  requires,  may 
be  compelled  to  serve  for  a  term  not  exceeding  six  months  after 
they  shall  be  mustered  into  service,  unless  sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  UJkuiher  enacted.  That  said  volunteers  shall 
furnish  their  own  clothes,  and,  if  mounted  men,  their  own  horses 
and  horse  equipments ;  and  when  mustered  into  service,  shall 
be  armed  by  the  states  from  which  they  come,  or  by  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  fwth<  r  enacted,  That  said  volunteers  shall, 
when  called  into  actual  service,  and  while  remaining  therein,  be 
subject  to  the  rules  and  articles  of  war,  and  instead  of  clothing, 
every  non-commissioned  officer  and  private  in  any  company  shall 
be  entitled,  when  called  into  actual  sendee,  to  money  in  a  sum 
equal  to  the  cost  of  clothing  of  a  non-commissioned  officer  or 
private  in  the  regular  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  volunteers 
so  offering  their  services  may  be  accepted  by  the  President  in 
companies,  Squadrons,  battalions  and  regiments,  whose  officers 
shall  be  appointed  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  in  the  H  vi- 
ral states  to  which  they  shall  respectively  belong  ;  but  when 
inspected,  mustered,  and  received  into  the  service  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  said  troops  shall  be  regarded  in  all  respects  as 
a  part  of  the  army  of  said  Confederate  States,  according  to  the 
terms  of  their  respective  enlistments. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  Thai  the  President  is 
hereby  authorized  to  organize  companies  so  tendering  their  ser- 
vices into  battalions  of  squadrons,  battalions  or  squadrons  into 
regiments,  regiments  into  brigades,  and  brigades  into  divisions, 
whenever  in  his  judgment  such  organization  may  be  expedient  ; 
and  whenever  brigades  or  divisions  shall  be  organized,  the  Pres- 
ident shall  appoint  the  commanding  officers  for  such  brigades 
and  divisions,  subject  to  the  confirmation  of  Congress,  who  shall 
hold  their  offices  only  while  such  brigades  and  divisions  are  in 
service;  and  the  President  shall,  if  necessary,  apportion  the  staff 
and  general  officers  among  the  respective  states  from  which  the 
volunteers  shall  tender  their  services,  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  1.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  the  militia 
or  volunteers  are  called  and  received  into   the  service  of  the 


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Confederate  States,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act-,  they  shall 
have  the  same  organization,  and  shall  have  the  same  pay  and 
allowances  as  may  be  provided  for  the  regular  army ;  and  all 
mounted  non-commissioned  officers,  privates,  musicians  and 
artificers  shall  be  allowed  forty  cents  per  day  for  the  use  and 
risk  of  their  horses;  and  if  any  volunteer  shall  not  keep  himself 
provided  with  a  serviceable  horse,  such  volunteer  Bhall  serve  on 
foot.  For  horses  killed  in  action,  volunteers  .shall  be  allowed 
compensation  according  to  their  appraised  value  at  the  date  of 
muster  into  service. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  farther  enact ed\  That  the  field  and  staff 
officers  of  a  separate  battalion  of  volunteers  shall  be  one  lieuten- 
ant colonel  or  major,  one  adjutant  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant, 
one  sergeant  major,  one  quartermaster  sergeant,  and  a  chief 
bugler  or  principal  musician,  according  to  corps;  and  that  each 
company  shall  be  entitled  to  an  additional  2d  lieutenant;  and 
that  the  President  may  limit  the  privates  in  any  volunteer 
company,  according  to  his  discretion,  at  from  sixty-four  to  one 
hundred. 

Sec.  9.  And  be  it  further  enacted^  That  when  volunteers  or 
militia  are  called  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States  in 
such  numbers  that  the  officers  of  the  quartermaster,  commissary 
and  medical  departments,  which  may  be  authorized  by  law  for 
the  regular  service,  art'  not  sufficient  to  provide  for  the  supply- 
ing, quartering,  transporting,  and  furnishing  them  with  the 
requisite  medical  attendance,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President 
to  appoint,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congi  • 
many  additional  officers  of  said  departments  as  the  service  may 
require,  not  exceeding  one  commissary  and  one  quartermaster 
for  each  brigade,  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  one  assistant 
quartermaster  with  the  rank  of  captain,  one  assistant  commis- 
sary with  the  rank  of  captain,  one  surgeon  and  one  assistant 
surgeon  for  each  regiment ;  the  said  quartermasters  and  com- 
missaries,  assistant  quartermasters  and  commissaries,  to  give 
bunds  with  good  sureties  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
duties ;  the  said  officers  to  be  allowed  the  same  pay  and  emolu- 
ments as  shall  be  allowed  to  officers  of  the  same  grade  in  the 
regular  service,  and  to  be  subject  to  the  rules  and  articles  of 
war,  and  to  continue  in  service  only  so  long  as  their  services 
may  be  required  in  connection  with  the  militia  or  volunteers. 
Sec.  10.    And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  President  be 


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and  lie  is  hereby  authorized  to  purchase  or  charier,  arm,  eqtlf] 
and  man  such  merchant  vessels  and  Bteamships  or  beats  as  may 
be  found  lit  or  easily  converted  into  armed  vessels,  and  in  such 
number  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  protection  of  the 
seaboard  and  the  general  defence  of  the  country. 
Approved  March  6,  1861. 


No.  4  9.]  AN  ACT 

To  repeal  so  much  of  the  Laws  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  as  prohibit  the  introduction  of  Liquors,  except  in 
casks  or  vessels  of  or  above  certain  named  capacity,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

SecttoW  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  which  pro- 
hibit the  importation  into  this  Confederacy  of  beer,  ale  or  por- 
ter, or  distilled  spirits,  except  in  casks  or  vessels  not  below 
certain  prescribed  capacities,  also  all  laws  requiring  loaf  and 
refined  sugars  to  be  brought  in  in  vessels  of  a  certain  tonnage 
and  in  packages  of  certain  sizes,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
repealed.  And  hereafter  it  shall  be  lawful  to  import  the  same. 
subject  to  the  payment  of  the  duties  prescribed  by  law,  in  such 
quantities  as  the  importer  shall  choose. 

Approved  March  5,  1861. 


No.  50.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  Registration  of  Vessels  owned  in  whole  or 
in  part  by  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

That  all  vessels,  wherever  built,  one-fourth  or  more  of  which 
shall  be  owned  by  a  citizen  or  citizens  of  the  Confederate 
States,  and  commanded  by  a  citizen  thereof,  shall  be  registered 
as  a  vessel  of  the  Confederacy  at  the  custom-houses  thereof: 
Provided,  That  a  majority  in  interest  of  the  owners  shall  con- 
sent to  such  registration,  and  such  vessels  be  not  registered 
elsewhere. 


No.  51.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  and  organize  a  Bureau  in  connection  with  the 
Department  of  the  Treasury,  to  be  known  as  the  Lighthouse 
Bureau. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  <>f  'lie  Confederate  States  oh  enact, 
That  there  shall  be  established  in  connection  with  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Treasury  a  bureau,  to  be  known  as  the  Lighthouse 
Bureau;  The  chief  officer  of  such  bureau  shall  be  a  captain  or 
commander  of  the  navy,  detailed  for  this  service  bj  order  of 
the  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  who  shall  receive  as 
his  compensation  the  same  pay  allowed  to  officers  of  the  same 
rank  in  the  navy.  There  shall  be  appointed  also  o  chief  clerk? 
with  a  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  and  accounting  clerk, 
with  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars. 

Skc  2.  All  lighthouses,  light  vessels,  buoys,  and  other  aids 
to  navigation,  all  the  officers  connected  therewith,  and  all  mat- 
ters connected  with  the  construction,  repair,  illumination, 
inspection  and  government  thereof,  and  all  duties  appertaining 
to  the  administration  of  lighthouse  affairs,  shall  be  under  the 
direction  and  control  of  the  Lighthouse  Bureau  hereby  estab- 
lished, subject  at  all  times  to  the  superintendence  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  •'!.  The  chief  of  the  bureau  shall,  as  soon  as  possible, 
divide  the  sea-coasts  of  the  Confederate  States  into  districts  not 
exceeding  live  in  number,  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may 
deem  expedient,  ami  over  each  of  these  districts  the  President 
shall  appoint  an  inspector,  to  be  selected  from  the  lieutenants 
in  the  navy,  who  shall  discharge  all  the  duties  of  inspection, 
survey  or  otherwise  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  chief 
of  the  bureau.  For  these  services  the  inspectors  shall  receive 
only  their  regular  pay  in  the  navy. 

Skc  4.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  may  from 
lime  to  time,  at  the  request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
detail  one  or  more  of  the  officers  of  the  engineer  corps  of  the 
army,  to  be  employed  under  the  direction  of  the  Lighthouse 
Bureau,  in  superintending  the  construction  or  repair  of  light 
houses  or  other  necessary  structures  in  connection  with  the 
lighthouse  establishment,  or  other  similar  duty  assigned  by  the 
Lighthouse  Bureau  in  connection  therewith. 


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Si..  .  5.  The  chief  of  the  bureau  shall,  at  least  once  every 
year,  make  a  full  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  giving 
a  full  statement  of  the  operations  of  the  lighthouse  establish- 
ment. He  shall  also  from  time  to  time  give  such  information 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as  he  may  require  in  reference 
to  his  bureau. 

Sk<  .  (i.  All  laws  and  parts  of  laws  contravening  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ad  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  March  6,  1861 . 


No.  52.]  AN  ACT 

For  the  establishment  and  organization   of  the  Army  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederal  States  oj 
America  do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act 
the  military  establishment  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be 
composed  of  one  corps  of  engineers,  one  corps  of  artillery,  six 
regiments  of  infantry,  one  regiment  of  cavalry,  and  of  the  Btaff 
departments  already  established  by  law. 

_.  The  corps  of  engineers  shall  consist  of  one  colonel, 
four  majors,  five  captajns,  and  one  company  of  sappers;  miners 
and  pontoniers,  which  shall  consist  of  ten  sergeants  or  master 
workmen,  ten  corporals  or  overseers,  two  musicians,  and  thirty- 
nine  privates  of  the  first  class,  or  artificers,  and  thirty-nine  pri- 
vates of  the  second  class,  or  laborers,  making  in  all  one  hundred. 

Sbo.  8.  The  said  company  shall  be  officered  by  one  captain  of 
the  corps  of  engineers,  and  as  many  lieutenants,  to  be  selected 
by  the  President  from  the  line  of  the  army,  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  service,  and  shall  be  instructed  in  and  perform 
all  the  duties  of  sappers,  miners  and  pontoniers,  and  shall,  more- 
over, under  the  orders  of  the  chief  engineer,  be  liable  to  serve 
by  detachments  in  overseeing  and  aiding  laborers  upon  fortifi- 
cations or  other  works  under  the  engineer  department,  and  in 
supervising  finished  fortifications,  as  fort-keepers,  preventing 
injury  and  making  repairs. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  colonel  of  the  engineer 
corps,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  pie- 
scribe   the   number,  quantity,   form,  dimensions,  &c,  of  the 


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necessary  vehicles,  arms,  pontons,  tools,  implements,  and  other 
supplies  for  the  service  of  the  said  company  as  a  body  of  sap- 
pers, miners  and  pontoniers. 

Sec.  5,  The  corps  of  artillery,  which  shall  also  be  charged 
with  ordnance  duties,  shall  consisl  of  one  colonel,  one  lieutenant 
colonel,  ten  majors,  and  forty  companies  of  artillerists  and  arti- 
ficers; and  each  company,  shall  consist  of  one  captain,  two  first 
lieutenants,  one  second  lieutenant,  four  sergeants,  four  corpo- 
rals, two  musicians  and  seventy  privates.  There  shall  also  be 
one  adjutant,  to  be  selected  by  the  colonel  from  the  first  lieu- 
tenants, and  one  sergeant-major,  to  be  selected  from  the  enlisted 
men  of  the  corps.  The  President  may  equip  as  light  batteries, 
of  six  pieces  each,  such  of  these  companies  as  lie  may  deem 
expedient,  not  exceeding  lour  in  time  of  peace. 

Si:<  .  (j.  Each  regiment  of  infantry  shall  consist  of  one 
colonel,  one  lieutenant  colonel,  one  major,  and  ten  companies; 
each  company  shall  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  lieutenant, 
two  second  lieutenants,  lour  sergeants,  four  corporals,  two 
musicians  and  ninety  privates;  and  to  each  regiment  there 
shall  be  attached  one  adjutant,  to  be  selected  from  the  lieuten- 
ants, and  one  sergeant  -major,  to  be  selected  from  the  enlisted 
men  of  the  regiment. 

Sec.  7.  The  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of  one  colonel, 
one  lieutenant  colonel,  one  major,  anil  ten  companies,  each  of 
which  shall  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  lieutenant,  two 
second  lieutenants,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  one  farrier, 
one  blacksmith,  two  musicians  and  sixty  privates.  There  shall 
also  be  one  adjutant  and  one  sergeant-major,  to  be  selected  as 
aforesaid. 

Sec.  8.  There  shall  be  four  brigadier  generals,  who  shall  be 
assigned  to  such  commands  and  duties  as  the  President  may 
specially  direct,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  oiie  aid-de-cauip  each, 
to  be  selected  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line  of  the  army,  who, 
in  addition  to  their  duties  as  aids-de-camp,  may  perform  the 
duties  of  assistants  adjutant  general. 

Sec,  9.  All  officers  of  the  army  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
President,  by  and  with  tin'  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress, 
and  the  rank  and  file  shall  be  enlisted  for  a  term  not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  five  years,  under  such  regulations  as  may 
be  established. 

Sec.  10.     No  officer  shall  be  appointed  in  the  army  until  he 


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shall  have  passed  an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  President, 
and  in  Buch  manner  bs  he  may  prescribe,  aa  to  his  character  and 
fitness  for  the  service.  The  President,  however,  shall  have 
power  to  postpone  this  examination  for  one  year  after  appoint- 
ment, if  in  his  judgmenl  necessary  for  the  public  interest. 

Sec.  m.  Ali  vacancies  in  established  regiments  and  corps, 
to  and  including  the  rank  of  colonel,  shall  be  filled  by  promo- 
tion according  to  seniority,  except  in  case  of  disability  or  other 
incompetency.  Promotions  to  and  including  the  rank  of  colonel 
shall  be  made  re-inientallv  in  the  infantry  and  cavalry,  in  the 
stall"  departments,  and  in  the  engineers  and  artillery,  according 
t<>  corps.  Appointments  to  the  rank  of  brigadier  general,  after 
the  army  is  organized,  shall  be  made  by  selection  from  the 
army. 

Sbi  .  12.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  is  hereby 
authorized  to  appoint  to  the  lowest  grade  of  subaltern  officers 
such  meritorious  non-eommissioned  officers  as  may,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  their  eolonels  and  company  officers,  he 
brought  before  an  army  board,  specially  convened  for  the  pur- 
pose, and  found  qualified  for  the  duties  of  commissioned  officers, 
ami  to  attach  them  to  regiments  or  corps,  as  supernumerary 
officers,  if  there  he  no  vacancies:  Provided,  There  shall  not  be 
more  than  one  so  attached  to  any  one  company  at  the  same 
time. 

Sec.  13.  The  pay  of  a  brigadier  general  shall  be  three  hun- 
dred and  one  dollars  per  month.  The  aid-de  camp  of  a  briga- 
dier general,  in  addition  to  Ids  pay  as  lieutenant,  shall  receive 
thirty-live  dollars  per  month. 

Sec.  14.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  corps  of 
engineers  shall  he  as  follows:  of  the  colonel,  two  hundred  and 
ten  dollars;  of  a  major,  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars;  of 
a  captain,  one  hundred  and  forty  dollars ;  lieutenants  serving 
with  the  company  of  sappers  and  miners  shall  receive  the  pay 
of  cavalry  officers  of  the  same  grade. 

Sec.  I-*").  The  montbly  pay  of  the  colonel  of  the  corps  of 
artillery  shall  be  two  hundred  and  ten  dollars;  of  a  lieutenant 
colonel,  one  hundred  and  ci^lit  v-livc  dollars;  of  a  major,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  when  serving  on  ordnance  duty, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-tWO  dollars;  of  a  captain,  one  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars;  of  a  first  lieutenant,  ninety  dollars ;  of  a 
second  lieutenant,  eighty  dollars;  ami  the  adjutant  shall  receive, 


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in  addition  to  his  pay  as  lieutenant,  ten  dollars  per  month. 
Officers  of  artillery  serving  in  the  light  artillery,  or  performing 
ordnance  duty,  shall  receive  the  same  pay  as  officers  of  cavalry 
of  the  same  grade. 

Sec.  16.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  infantry  shall 
be  as  follows:  of  a  colonel,  one  hundred  and  ninety-live  dollars; 
of  a  lieutenant  colonel,  one  hundred  and  seventy  dollars ;  of  a 
major,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars;  of  a  captain,  one  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars ;  of  a  first  lieutenant,  ninety  dollars ;  of  a 
second  lieutenant,  eighty  dollars ;  the  adjutant,  in  addition  to 
his  pay  as  lieutenant,  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  17.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  cavalry  shall 
be  as  follows:  of  a  colonel,  two  hundred  and  ten  dollars;  of  a 
lieutenant  colonel,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars  ;  a  major, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars;  a  captain,  one  hundred  and 
forty  dollars;  a  first  lieutenant,  one  hundred  dollars;  a  second 
lieutenant,  ninety  dollars  ;  the  adjutant,  ten  dollars  per  month, 
in  addition  to  his  pay  as  lieutenant. 

Sec.  18.  The  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  general  stall',  except 
those  of  the  medical  department,  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of 
officers  of  cavalry  of  the  same  grade.  The  surgeon  general 
shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars,  which 
shall  be  in  full  of  all  pay  and  allowances,  except  fuel  and  quar- 
ters. The  monthly  pay  of  a  surgeon,  of  ten  years'  service  in 
that  grade,  shall  he  two  hundred  dollars;  a  surgeon  of  less 
than  ten  years'  service  in  that  grade,  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
two  dollars;  an  assistant  surgeon  of  ten  years'  service  in  that 
grade,  one  hundred  ami  fifty  dollars;  an  assistant  surgeon  of 
five  years'  service  in  that  grade,  one  hundred  and  thirty  dol- 
lars ;  and  an  assistant  surgeon  of  less  than  five  years' service, 
one  hundred  and  ten  dollars. 

Sec.  19.  There  shall  be  allowed  in  addition  to  the  pay  here- 
inbefore provided,  to  every  commissioned  officer  except  the 
surgeon  general,  nine  dollars  per  month  for  every  five  years' 
service;  and  to  the  officers  of  the  army  of  the  United  States, 
who  have  resigned  or  may  resign  to  he  received  into  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Confederate  States,  this  additional  pay  shall  be 
allowed  from  the  date  of' their  entrance  into  the  former  service. 
There  shall  also  he  an  additional  monthly  allowance  to  every 
general  officer  commanding  in  chief  a  separate  army  actually  in 
the  field,  of  one  hundred  dollars. 


The  pay  of  officers,  as  hereinbefore  established, 
shall  be  in  full  of  all  allowance's,  except  forage,  fuel,  quarters, 
and  travelling  expenses  while  travelling  under  orders.  The 
allowance  of  forage,  fuel  and  quarters  shall  be  fixed  by  regula- 
tions and  shall  be  furnished  in  kind,  excepl  when  officers  are 
serving  at  stations  without  troops  where  public  quarters  cannot 
be  had,  in  which  case  they  may  be  allowed,  in  lieu  of  forage, 
eight  dollars  per  month  for  each  horse  to  which  they  may  be 
entitled,  provided  they  are  actually  kept  in  service  and  mus- 
tered; and  quarters  may  be  commuted  at  a  rate  to  be  fixed  by 
the  Secretary  of  "War,  and  fuel  at  the  market  price  delivered- 
An  officer  when  travelling  under  orders  shall  be  allowed  mile- 
age at  the  rate  often  cents  per  mile. 

Sec.  21.  In  time  of  war,  officers  of  the  army  shall  he  enti- 
tled to  draw  forage  for  horses,  according  to  grade,  as  follows: 
A  brigadier  general,  four;  the  adjutant  and  inspector  general, 
quartermaster  general,  commissary  general,  and  the  colonels  of 
engineers,  artillery,  infantry  and  cavalry,  three  each;  all  lieu- 
tenant colonels  and  majors,  and  captains  of  the  general  staff, 
engineer  corps,  light  artillery  and  cavalry,  three  each;  lieuten- 
ants serving  in  the  corps  of  engineers,  lieutenants  of  light  artil- 
lery and  of  cavalry,  two  each.  In  time  of  peace:  general  and 
field  officers,  three;  officers  below  the  rank  of  held  officers,  in 
the  general  staff,  corps  of  engineers,  light  artillery  and  cavalry, 
two;  provided  in  all  cases  that  the  horses  are  actually  kept  in 
service  and  mustered.  No  enlisted  man  in  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States  shall  be  employed  as  a  servant  by  any  officer 
of  the  army. 

Ski'.  22.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  army 
of  the  Confederate  States  shall  he  as  follows:  That  of  a  sergeant 
or  master  workman  of  the  engineer  corps,  thirty-four  dollars; 
that  of  a   corporal  or  overseer,  twenty  dollars;   privates  of   the 

first  class,  or  artificers,  seventeen  dollars;  and  privates  of  the 
second  class,  or  laborers,  and  musicians,  thirteen  dollars.  The 
sergeant  major  of  cavalry,  twenty-one  dollars;  first  sergeants, 
twenty  dollars;  Bergeants, seventeen  dollars;  corporals, farriers 

and  blacksmiths,  thirteen  dollars  ;  musicians,  thirteen  dollars; 
and  privates,  twelve  dollars.  Sergeants  major  of  artillery  and 
infantry,  twenty-one  dollars;  first  sergeants,  twenty  dollars 
each;  sergeants,  seventeen  dollars;  corporals  and  artificers, 
thirteen  dollars;  musicians,  twelve  dollars  ;  and  privates,  eleven 


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dollars  each.  The  non-commissioned  officers,  artificers,  musi- 
cians and  privates  serving  in  light  batteries,  shall  receive  the 
same  pay  as  those  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  23.  The  President  shall  be  authorized  to  enlist  as  many 
master  armorers,  master  carriage-makers,  master  blacksmiths, 
armorers,  carriage-makers,  blacksmiths,  artificers  and  laborers, 
for  ordnance  service,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  not  exceeding 
in  all  one  hundred  men,  who  shall  be  attached  to  the  corps  of 
artillery.  The  pay  of  a  master  armorer,  master  carriage-maker, 
master  blacksmith,  shall  be  thirty-four  dollars  per  month; 
armorers,  carriage-makers  and  blacksmiths,  twenty  dollars  per 
month  ;  artificers,  seventeen  dollars,  and  laborers,  thirteen  dol- 
lars per  month. 

Sec.  24.  Each  enlisted  man  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate 
States  shall  receive  one  ration  per  day,  and  a  year1}-  allowance 
of  clothing,  the  quantity  and  kind  of  each  to  be  established  by 
regulations  from  the  War  Department,  to  be  approved  by  the 
President. 

Sec.  25.  Rations  shall  generally  be  issued  in  kind,  but  under 
circumstances  rendering  a  commutation  necessary,  the  com- 
mutation value  of  the  ration  shall  be  fixed  by  regulations  of  the 
War  Department,  to  be  approved  by  the  President. 

Sec.  2G.  The  officers  appointed  in  the  army  of  the  Confede- 
rate States  by  virtue  of  this  act,  shall  perform  all  military  duties 
to  which  they  may  be  severally  assigned  by  authority  of  the 
President,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to 
prepare  and  publish  regulations,  prescribing  the  details  of  every 
department  in  the  service,  for  the  general  government  of  the 
army,  which  regulations  shall  be  approved  by  the  President, 
and  when  so  approved  shall  be  binding. 

Sec.  27.  All  officers  of  the  quartermaster's  and  commissary 
departments  shall,  previous  to  entering  on  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  give  bonds,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties, 
to  the  Confederate  States,  in  such  sum  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
shall  direct,  fully  to  account  for  all  moneys  and  public  property 
which  they  may  receive. 

Sec.  28.  Neither  the  quartermaster  general,  the  commissary 
general,  nor  any  or  either  of  their  assistants,  shall  be  concerned, 
directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  in- 
tended for,  making  a  part  of,  or  appertaining  to  public  supplies, 
except  for  and  on  account  of  the  Confederate  States  ;  nor  shall 


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they,  or  either  of  them,  take  or  apply  to  his  or  their  own  use 
any  gain  or  emolument  for  negotiating  any  business  in  their  re- 
spective  departments,  other  than  what  is  or  may  be  allowed  by 
law. 

■JO.    The  link's  and  Articles  of  War  established  by  the 

laws  of  the  United  States  of  America  for  the  gover ent  <>f  the 

army  an-  hereby  declared  to  be  of  force,  except  thai  wherever 
the  words  "United  States"  occur,  the  words  "Confederate 
States"  shall  be  substituted  therefor;  and  exoepl  that  tin'  arti- 
cles of  war  numhiTs  sixty-one  and  sixty-two  are  hereby  abro- 
gated, and  the  following  articles  substituted  therefor: 

Article  CI.  Officers  having  brevets  or  commissions  of  a 
prior  date  to  those  of  the  corps  in  which  they  serve  will  take 
place  ou  courts  marshal  or  of  inquiry,  and  on  hoards  detailed  for 
military  purposes,  when  composed  of  different  corps,  according 
to  the  ranks  given  them  in  their  brevet  or  former  commissions, 
but  in  the  regiment,  corps,  or  company  to  which  Buch  officers 
belong,  they  shall  do  duty  and  take  rank,  both  in  courts  and  on 
boards  as  aforesaid,  which  shall  be  composed  of  their  own  corps, 
according  to  the  commission  by  which  they  are  there  mus- 
tered. 

Article  02.  If  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  differ. 
ent  corps  shall  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer 
highest  in  rank,  according  to  the  commission  by  which  he  is 
mustered  in  the  army,  navy,  marine  corps,  or  militia,  there  ou 
duty  by  orders  from  competent  authority,  shall  command  the 
whoh  and  give  orders  for  what  is  needful  for  the  service,  unless 
otherwise  directed  by  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States 
in  orders  of  special  assignment  providing  for  the  case. 

Ski  .  :)0.  The  President  shall  call  into  the  service  of  the  Con- 
federal" States  only  so  many  of  the  troops  herein  provided  for 
as  he  may  deem  the  safety  of  the  Confederacy  may  require. 

Si:!.  31.  AM  laws  or  parts  of  laws  of  the  United  States,  which 
have  been  adopted  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States, 
repugnant  to  or  inconsistent  with  this  act,  are  hereby   repealed. 

Appboved  March  G,  1861. 


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Xo.  53.]  AN  ACT 

To  create  the  Clerical  Force  of  the  several  Executive  Depart- 
ments of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  states  of 
America  do  «naet,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  several  depart. 
ments  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  shall  consist  of  the 

following  officers:  To  the  State  Department  there  shall  be  one 
chief  clerk,  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 

one  <  Ink,  at  a  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
also  a  messenger,  whose  annual  compensation  shall  be  five  hun- 
dred dollars. 

To  the  Treasury  Department  there  shall  be  a  chief  clerk, 
whose  Balary  shall  be  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
three  other  clerks,  who  shall  receive  each  twelve  hundred  dollars 
per  annum  ;  and  there  shall  be  one  messenger,  at  an  annual  com- 
pensation of  five  hundred  dollars. 

T.i  each  of  the  bureaus  of  the  Treasury  Department,  viz:  the 
comptroller,  the  auditor,  the  register  and  the  treasurer,  there 
shall  he  a  chief  clerk,  whose  salaries  shall  he  each  fifteen  hundred 
dollars  per  annum ;  and  to  all  of  said  bureaus  there  shall  be 
twenty-two  clerks,  eleven  of  whom  shall  receive  salaries  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  each  per  annum,  and  eleven  shall  receive  salaries 
of  one  thousand  dollars  each  per  annum;  and  the  said  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  shall  have  power  to  distribute  said  twenty-two 
clerks  among  the  said  bureaus,  as  in  his  judgment  will  best  sub- 
serve the  public  interest  ;  and  to  each  of  the  offices  of  comptrol- 
ler, auditor,  register  and  treasurer,  there  shall  be  a  messenger, 
with  an  annual  salary  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

To  the  War  Department  there  shall  be  a  chief  of  the  bureau 
of  war,  at  an  annual  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars,  and  live 
clerks,  who  shall  each  receive  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum  ; 
and  one  of  them  may  lie  appointed  disbursing  clerk,  -with  an 
additional  salary  of  six  hundred  dollars,  who  shall  give  bond 
With  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  There 
shall  also  be  one  messenger,  wrhose  compensation  shall  be  five 
hundred  dollars  per  annum.  And  to  all  of  the  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department,  viz:  the  adjutant  and  inspector  general,  quar- 
termaster general,  the  commissary  general,  the  surgeon  general, 
the  chief  engineer  and  the  artillery,   there  shall  be  fourteen 


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blerks,  ><  ven  of  whom  shall  receive  each  a  salary  of  twelve  hun- 

dred  dollars,  and  seven   a   salary   each    of  one  thousand  dollars 
per  annum. 

And  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  authorized  tin-i^ii  said 
clerks  to  duty  in  the  respective  offices  enumerated,  as  in  his 
judgment  will  best  promote  the  public  service.  And  to  each  of 
said  named  bureaus,  except  tie-  office  of  surgeon  general,  there 
shall  he,  if  deemed  necessary  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  a  mes- 
senger, at  an  annual  compensation  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

To  the  Post -Office  Department  there  shall  be  an  assistant  post- 
master general,  with  a  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars  per 
annum,  ami  a  chief  clerk  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  and  ten  other  clerks,  five  of  whom  shall  receive 
salaries  each  of  twelve  hundred,  and  five  shall  receive  salaries 
eaeh  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum.  And  there  shall  he 
one  messenger,  at  an  annual  salary  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

To  the  Department  of  Justice  there  shall  be  an  assistant 
attorney-general,  at  a  salary  of  twenty-live  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  and  one  clerk  whose  annual  salary  shall  be  twelve  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  also  a  messenger  at  a  salary  of  live  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  2.  The  annual  salaries  of  the  assistant  secretary  of  state, 
the  assistant  secretary  of  the  treasury,  the  comptroller,  the 
auditor,  the  register,  and  the  treasurer,  shall  each  be  the  sum  of 
three  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  3.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America 
is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  or  employ  in  his  official  house, 
hold  the  following  officers,  to-wit :  one  private  secretary,  at  an 
annual  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  and  one  messenger,  at 
an  annual  salary  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretaries  of 
State,  Treasury,  War,  Navy,  Attorney-General,  and  Postmaster 
General  are  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such  other  clerical 
force  in  their  respective  departments  as  the  exigencies  of  the 
public  service  may  absolutely  require,  being  limited  in  the  com- 
pensation to  the  lower  grade  of  salary  for  clerks  provided  for  in 
this  bill;  they  are  also  empowered  to  employ  such  laborers  for 
their  respective  offices  as  may  be  required,  not  exceeding  one 
for  each  of  the  executive  departments,  and  whose  compensation 
shall  not  exceed  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day. 
ApriiovED  March  7,  1801. 


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No.  54.]  A  RESOLUTION 

In  relation  to  International  Copyrights. 

"Whereas,  Great  Britain,  France,  Prussia,  Saxony  and  other 
European  Powers  have  passed  laws  to  secure  to  authors  of  other 
Btatea  the  benefits  and  privileges  <>t'  their  copyright  laws,  upon 
condition  of  similar  privileges  being  granted  by  the  laws  of  such 
states  to  authors,  the  subjects  of  the  powers  aforesaid,  there- 
fore he  it 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to 
instruct  the  Commissioners  appointed  by  him  to  visit  the 
European  Powers,  to  enter  into  treaty  obligations  for  the  exten- 
sion of  international  copyright  privileges  to  all  authors,  the 
citizens  and  subjects  of  the  powers  aforesaid. 

Approvko  March  7,  1861. 


No.  55.]  AN  ACT 

To  create  the  Clerical  Force  of  the  Navy  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  d,,  enact,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment shall  consist  of  one  chief  clerk,  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  who  shall  also  perform  the  duties  of 
disbursing  agent  and  corresponding  clerk  of  said  department, 
and  receive  therefor  an  extra  compensation  of  six  hundred  dol- 
lars per  annum;  and  also  three  other  clerks,  two  of  whom  shall 
receive  a  salary  each  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
one  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  and  there  shall 
be  attached  to  said  department  a  messenger,  whose  annual  com- 
pensation shall  be  five  hundred  dollars. 

Appro vei>  March  8,  1861. 


No.  56.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  continue  the  Mints  at  New  Orleans  and  Dahlonega. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
resolve,  That  the  mints  at  New  Orleans  and  Dahlonega  shall  be 
continued,  and  the  proper  arrangements  made  as  soon  as  possi- 


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ble  to  procure  suitable  dies  for  the  coin  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

Resolved  further.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be 
requested  to  estimate  and  report  to  Congress  the  lowest  amount 
of  appropriation  necessary  to  carry  out  the  above  resolution. 

Approved  March  9,  1661. 


No.  57.]  AN  ACT 

To  admit  certain  materials  free  of  Duty,  for  the  construction  of 
Telegraphic  Lines  from  Savannah,  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  to 
Fort  Pulaski,  and  from  Mobile,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to 
Fort  Morgan. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  certain  cable  wire  and  other  materials. 
for  the  construction  of  a  telegraphic  line  between  the  city  of 
Savannah,  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  and  Fort  Pulaski,  in  the 
same  state,  which  may  be  imported  by  C.  C.  Walden,  the  eon- 
tractor  for  said  line,  be  admitted  free  of  duty,  upon  satisfactory 
proof  being  submitted  to  the  collector  of  the  port  of  Savannah. 
thai  the  materials  herein  designated  are  imported  for  and  ap- 
plied to  the  construction  of  said  telegraphic  line. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  materials  neces- 
sary to  construct  a  telegraphic  line  from  Mobile  to  Fort  Morgan 
may  also  be  imported  free  of  duty. 

Approved  March  9,  1861. 


No.  58.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Issue  of  Treasury  Notes,  and  to  prescribe  the 
Punishment  for  forging  the  same,  and  for  forging  certificates 
of  Stock,  Bonds,  or  Coupons. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  /States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause  treasury  notes  to  be 
issued  for  such  sum  or  sums  as  the  exigencies  of  the  public  ser- 
vice may  require,  but  not  to  exceed  at  any  time  one  million  of 
dollars,  and  of  denominations  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  for  any 


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such  note,  to  be  prepared,   signed, and  issued   In   the  manner 
hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  treasury  notes 
shall  be  paid  and  redeemed  by  the  Confederate  States  at  the 
treasury  thereof,  after  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  dates 
of  said  notes,  from  which  dates  they  shall  bear  interest  at  the 
rate  of  one  cent  per  day  for  every  hundred  dollars  issued  :  Pro- 
vided, That  after  the  maturity  of  any  of  said  notes,  interest 
thereon  shall  cease  at  the  expiration  of  sixty  days'  notice  of 
readiness  to  pay  and  redeem  the  same,  which  may  at  any  time 
or  limes  be  given  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in  one  or 
inore  newspapers  published  at  the  seat  of  government.  The 
payment  or  redemption  of  said  notes  herein  provided  shall  be 
made  to  the  lawful  holders  thereof  respectively,  upon  present- 
ment at  the  treasury,  and  shall  include  the  principal  of  each  note 
and  the  interest  which  shall  be  (hie  thereon.  And  for  such  pay- 
ment and  redemption,  at  the  time  or  times  herein  specified,  the 
Faith  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  is  hereby  pledged. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  treasury  notes 
shall  be  prepared  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  and  shall  be  signed,  in  behalf  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  by  the  treasurer  thereof,  and  countersigned  by  the 
register  of  t lie  treasury.  Each  of  these  officers  shall  keep,  in  a 
book  or  books  provided  for  that  purpose,  separate,  full  and  accu- 
rate accounts,  showing  the  number,  date,  amount  and  rate  of 
interest  of  each  treasury  note  signed  and  countersigned  by  them 
respectively;  and  also  similar  accounts,  showing  all  such  notes 
as  may  be  paid,  redeemed  and  cancelled,  as  the  same  may  be 
returned,  all  which  accounts  shall  be  carefully  preserved  in  the 
Treasury  Department.  And  the  treasury  shall  account  quar- 
terly for  all  such  treasury  notes  as  shall  have  been  countersigned 
by  the  register  and  delivered  to  the  treasurer  for  issue. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  is  hereby  authorized,  with  the  approbation  of  the 
President,  to  cause  such  portion  of  said  treasury  notes  as  may 
be  deemed  expedient  to  be  issued  by  the  treasurer  in  payment 
of  warrants  in  favor  of  public  creditors  or  other  persons  lawfully 
entitled  to  such  payment  who  may  choose  to  receive  such  notes 
in  payment  at  par.  And  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  further 
authorized,  with  the  approbation  of  the  President,  to  borrow 
from  time  to  time  such  sums  of  money,  upon  the  credit  of  such 


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is  the  President  may  deem  expedient:  Provided,  That 
sury  notes  shall  be  hedged,  hypothecated,  sold  or  dis- 
posed of  in  any  way,  for  any  purpose  whatever,  either  directly 
or  indirectly,  For  any  sum  1<^<  than  the  amount  of  Buch  notes, 
including  the  principal  and  interest  thereof 

Se<  .  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  >:ii<l  treasury  notes 
shall  be  transferable,  by  assignment,  endorsed  thereon  by  the 
person  to  whose  order  the  same  shall  be  made  payable,  accom- 
panied together  with  the  delivery  of  notes  bo  assigned. 

Sec.  6:  And  be  it  further  endcted,  That  said  treasury  notes 
shall  be  received  by  the  proper  officers  in  payment  of  all  duties 
and  taxes  laid  by  the  authority  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  of  all  public  lands  sold  by  said  authority,  and  of  all 
debts  to  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  of  any  character 
whatever,  which  may  be  due  and  payable  at  the  time  whensaid 
fereasnry  notes  may  be  offered  m  payment  thereof,  except  the 
export  duty  on  cotton  ;  and  upon  every  such  payment  credit 
shall  be  given  for  the  amount  of  principal  and  interest,  if  any, 
due  on  the  note  or  notes  received  in  payment  on  the  day  when 
the  same  shall  have  been  received  by  such  officer. 

Sec.  7.  And  l><  it  further  exacted,  That  every  collector  of 
the  customs,  receiver  of  public  moneys,  or  other  officer  or  agent 
of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  Who  shall  receive  any 
(treasury  note  or  notes  in  payment  on  account  of  the  Confede- 
rate States  of  America,  shall  take  from  the  holder  of  such  note 
or  notes  a  receipt  upon  the  hack  of  each,  stating  distinctly  the 
date  of  such  payment  and  the  amount  allowed  upon  such  note; 
and  every  such  officer  or  agent  shall  keep  regular  and  specilie 
entries  of  all  treasury  notes  received  in  payment,  showing  the 
person  from  whom  received,  the  number,  date  and  amount  of 
principal  and  interest,  if  any,  allowed  on  each  and  every  treasury 
note  received  in  payment,  which  entries  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
treasury,  with  the  treasury  notd  or  notes  mentioned  therein, 
and  if  found  correct  such  officer  or  agent  shall  receive  credit  for 
the  amount. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  farther  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  he  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  and  issue  from 
time  to  time  such  instructions,  rules  and  regulations  to  the 
Several  collectors,  receivers,  depositaries  and  all  others  who  may 
be  required  to  receive  such  treasury  notes  in  behalf  of  and  as 
agents  in  any  capacity  for  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 


as  to  the  custody,  disposal,  cancelling  and  return  of  any  such, 
notes  as  may  be  paid  to  and  received  by  there  respectively,  and 
as  to  the  accounts  and  returns  to  be  made  to  the  Treasury  De- 
partment Of  such  receipts,  as  be  shall  deem  best  calculated  to 
promote  the  public  convenience  and  security,  and  to  protect  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  as  well  as  individuals,  from 
frauds  and  loss. 

Sac.  9.  Andbe  it  further  enacted  That  the  Seetetary  of  the 
Treasury  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  cause 
to  he  paid  the  principal  and  interest  of  such  treasury  notes  as 
may  he  issued  under  this  act,  at  the  time  and  times  when, 
according  to  its  provisions,  the  same  should  he  paid.  And  the 
said  secretary  is  further  authorized  to  purchase  said  notes  at 
par,  for  the  amount  of  principal  and  interest  due  at  the  time  of 
the  purchase  of  suchnotcs.  And  so  much  of  any  Unappropriated 
money  in  the  treasury  as  may  he  necessary  for  the  purpose  is 
hereby  appropriated  to  the  payment  of  the  principal  and  inter- 
est on  said  notes. 

Sbo.  10.  Andbe  it  further  enacted,  That  in  place  of  such 
treasury  notes  as  may  have  been  paid  and  redeemed,  other 
treasury  notes  to  the  same  amount  may  be  issued :  Provided, 
That  the  aggregate  sum  outstanding  under  the  authority  of  this 
act  shall  at  no  time  exceed  one  million  ef  dollars  :  And  provided 
further,  That  the  power  to  issue  and  re-issue  treasury  notes 
conferred  on  the  President  by  this  act,  shall  cease  and  determine 
on  the  first  day  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Sac.  ]  l.  And  he  Ob  further  <//<(<■?<  J,  That  if  any  person  shall 
falsely  make,  forge  or  counterfeit,  cr  cause  or  procure  to  lie 
falsely  made,  forged  or  counterfeited,  or  willingly  aid  or  assist 
in  falsely  making,  forging  or  counterfeiting  any  note  in  imita- 
tion of  or  purporting  to  be  a  treasury  note,  issued  as  aforesaid, 
or  shall  pass,  utter  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter  or  pub- 
lish as  true  any  false,  forged  or  counterfeited  note,  purporting 
to  be  a  treasury  note  as  aforesaid,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely 
made,  forged  or  counterfeited,  or  shall  falsely  alter,  or  cause  or 
procure  to  be  falsely  altered,  or  willingly  aid  and  assist  in  falsely 
altering  any  treasury  note  issued  as  aforesaid,  or  shall  pass, 
utter  or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter  or  publish  as  true  any 
falsely  altered  treasury  note,  issued  as  aforesaid,  knowing  the 
same  to  be  falsely  altered,  every  such  person  shall  be  deemed 
and  adjudged  guilty  of  felony,  and  being  thereof  convicted  by 


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due  course  of  law,  shall  be  sentenced  to  be  imprisoned  and  kepi 
at  hard  labor  for  a  period  oo<  lass  than  three  years  nor  mora 
than  ten  years,  and  to  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  live 
thousand  dollars. 

Sex  .  i-.  And  be  it  fimiher  enaated,  That  if  any  person  shall 
make  or  engrave,  or  cause  or  procure  to  be  made  or  engraved, 
or  shall  have  in  his  possession  any   metallic  plate  engraved  after 

the  similitude  of  any  plate  from  whirh  any  notes  issued  as  afore- 
said shall  have  been  printed,  with  intent  to  use  such  plate,  or 
cause  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used  in  forging  or  counterfeiting 
any  of  the  notes  issued  as  aforesaid,  or  shall  have  in  his  custody 
or  possession  any  blank  note  or  notes  engraved  and  printed  after 
l he  similitude  of  any  notes  issued  as  aforesaid,  with  intent  to 
use  such  blanks,  or  cause  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used  in  forg- 
ing or  counterfeiting  any  of  the  notes  issued  as  aforesaid,  or 
shall  have  in  his  custody  or  possession  any  paper  adapted  to  the 
making  of  such  notes,  and  similar  to  the  paper  upon  which  any 
such  notes  shall  have  been  issued,  with  intent  to  use  sueh  papa* 
or  cause  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used  in  forging  or  counterfeit- 
ing any  of  the  notes  issued  as  aforesaid,  every  such  person,  being 
thereof  convicted  by  due  course  of  law,  shall  lie  sentenced  to  be 
imprisoned  and  kept  at  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  less  than  three 
nor  more  than  ten  years,  and  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  live 
thousand  dollars. 

l.;.  And  I"',  it  further  enacted,  That  if  any  person  shall 
falsely  make,  forge  or  counterfeit,  or  cause  or  procure  to  be 
falsely  made,  forged  or  counterfeited,  or  willingly  aid  or  aBSist 
in  falsely  making  or  forging,  or  counterfeiting  any  certificate  of 
stock  or  bond,  or  coupon,  in  imitation  of  or  purporting  to  be  a 
certificate  of  stock  or  bond,  or  coupon,  issued  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  the  act  entitled  an  ael  to  raise  money  for  the 
support  of  the  government,  and  to  provide  for  the  defence  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  approved  the  '28th  day  of 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  one,  or  shall  pass,  utter 
or  publish,  or  attempt  to  pass,  utter  or  publish  as  true  any  false, 
forged  or  counterfeited  certificate  of  stock  or  bond,  or  coupon, 
purporting  to  be  a  certificate  of  stock  or  bond,  or  coupon,  as 
aforesaid,  knowing  the  same  to  be  falsely  made,  forged  or  coun- 
terfeited,  or  shall  falsely  alter  or  cause,  or  procure  to  be  falsely 
altered,  or  willingly  aid  or  assist  in  falsely  altering  any  certifi- 
cate of  stock  or  bond,  or  coupon,  issued  as  aforesaid,  or  shall 


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pass,  titter  or  publish,  or  .attempt  to  pass,  utter  or  publish  as 
true  any  falsely  altered  certificate  of  stock  or  bond,  or  coupon, 
issued  as  aforesaid,  knowing  the  same  t<>   be  falsely  altered) 

every  such  person  shall  be  deemed  and  adjudged  guilty  of  tclony, 
and  being  thereof  convicted  by  due  course  of  law,  shall  be  sen- 
tenced to  be  imprisoned  and  kept  at  labor  fir  a  period  not  less 
than  three  years  nor  more  than  ten  years,  and  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars. 
Approved  March  9,  1801. 


No.  59.]  AX  ACT 

To  provide  for  an  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  and  a  Treasurer  f-r  the  Mint  in  the  City  of  Xew 
Orleans. 

Section   l.      The    Congress  of  the   Confederate   Statu  of 

America  d<>  enact,  That  the  branch  mint,  formerly  belonging  to 
the  United  States,  in  the  city  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  vaults 
and  sales  thereof,  shall  be  the  place  of  deposit  of  the  public 
money  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  that  city  ;  and 
the  President  shall  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  Congress  shall  appoint  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  who  shall  hold  his  office  until 
the  expiration  of  this  Provisional  Government.  And  the  said 
assistant  treasurer  shall  have  the  custody  and  care  of  all  public 
moneys  deposited  in  said  place  of  deposit,  and  shall  perforin  all 
the  duties  required  by  law  to  be  performed  by  assistant  ti'eas- 
urers  oi'  the  Confederate  States,  who  shall  give  a  bond  with 
sureties  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office, 
which  bond  shall  be  for  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars, and  the  sureties  shall  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury:  Provided,  That  it  shall  not  be  necessary  that  each 
surety  shall  bind  himself  for  the  whole  amount  of  the  bond,  but 
the  aggregate  amount  for  which  the  sureties  are  severally  bound 
shall  be  equal  to  the  full  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars: 
Provided,  That  each  surety  shall  be  bound  for  at  least  twenty 
thousand  dollars. 

Si:.-.  2.  And  it  is  further  enacted,  That  the  salary  of  said 
assistant  treasurer  shall  be  four  thousand  dollars  per  annum ; 
and  the  said  assistant  treasurer  shall  also  perform  the  duties  of 


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rrer  of  the  mint,  without  any  further  compensation  than  is 
herein  provided. 
Appbovkd  March  9,  1861. 


No,  00.]  AN    ACT 

Farther  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  the  Post-Office  De- 
partment. 

Section  1.      The  Congress  of  the  Confederate    States   of 

lea  do  enact,  That  to  the  Post-Office  Department  there 

sliall  be  a  chief  of  the  contract  bureau,  a  chief  of  the  appointment 

bureau,  and  a  chief  of  the  finance  bureau,  each  of  whom  shall  be 
entitled  to  an  annual  salary  of  two  thousand  live  hundred  dol- 
lars; also  a  chief  clerk,  who  shall  be  entitled  to  an  annual  salary 
of  fifteen  hundred  dollars;  also  a  draftsman,  for  such  time  as  his 
services  may  be  required,  at  an  annual  salary  of  fifteen  hundred 
dollars,  or  at  that  rate  for  a  shorter  period  than  one  year  ;  also 
ten  clerks  at  an  annual  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  each, 
and  ten  additional  clerks  at  an  annual  salary  of  one  thousand 
dollars  each.  And  the  Postmaster  General  is  hereby  authorized 
to  employ  such  other  clerical  force  in  Ins  department  as  the 
exigencies  of  the  public  service  may  absolutely  demand,  the 
salaries  of  such  superadded  clerks  to  be  so  employed  by  him  not 
to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars  each  ;  but  this  power,  together 
witli  the  tenure  of  such  appointees,  shall  extend  no  longer  than 
the  end  of  the  first  session  of  the  next  Congress.  And  he  may 
also  employ  one  messenger,  at  an  annual  salary  of  five  hundred 
dollars  ;  and  also  two  laborers,  at  an  expense  of  not  more  than 
one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  each  pet  day, 
Sec.  2.     Be  it  further enacted,  That  so  mucb  of  an  act  entitled 

"An  act  to    create   the   clerical    force   of  the    several    executive 

departments  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for  other 
purposes,"  as  relates  to  the  Post-Ofiioe  Department  of  the  Con- 
federate States  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

SBC.  ••'■.  And  it  U further  </<">■(<<{,  That  that  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  have  the  general  power  to  transfer  the  clerks 
authorized  by  this  act  from  any  one  bureau  to  another,  accord- 
in--  to  the  exigencies  of  the  public  service. 

Approved  March  9,  1801. 


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No.  61.]  AX  ACT 

To  fix  the  pay  of  Members  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  pay  of  the  members  of  Congress 

shall  be  eight  dollars  per  day  during  the  session,  and  that  each 
member  shall  be  allowed  ten  cents  per  mile  for  coming  to  and 
ten  cents  per  mile  for  returning  from  the  place  where  Congress 
may  assemble  for  each  session,  to  be  computed  by  the  usual  mail 
route  from  his  residence  to  the  Beat  of  government. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  pay  of  the  President 
of  Congress  shall  he  sixteen  dollars  per  day,  and  the.  same 
mileage  as  the  members. 

Approved  March  11,  1861. 


No.  62.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  Three  Thousand  Men 

for  twelve  months,   to   he   called   into   service  at   Charleston, 
S-uith  Carolina,  under  the  third  and  fourth  sections  of  an  Ac4 
of  the  Congress  "To  raise  Provisional  Forces  for  the  C 
crate  States  of  America  and  for  other  purposes." 

Si-:ction  l.  The  Congress  of  the  Confed 
America  do  <"</./',  That  the  following  appropriations  he  made 
for  the  support  of  the  provisional  troops  called  into  service  by 
the  act  aforesaid:  Pay  of  the  troops,  six  hundred  and  fifty-eight 
thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty  dollars.  Forage  for  officers' 
horses  and  quartermasters'  animals  and  cavalry  horses,  twenty 
thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars.  Subsistence  for 
troops,  two  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  dollars.  Clothing 
for  the  troops,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Camp  and  gar- 
rison equipage,  eighteen  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty-seven 
dollars  and  seventy-two  cents.  Supplies  for  the  quartermaster's 
department,  seventy-six  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty  dol- 
lars. Fuel  for  troops  and  hospitals,  fifty-nine  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  dollars.  Medical  and  hospital  depart- 
ment, twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.     And'he  it  fUrther  enacted,  That  the  additional  sum 
of  eight  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  two  hundred  and  twenty- 


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eight  dollars  and  forty-five  cents  is  hereby  appropriated  fur  the 
Bupport  of  two  thousand  additional  troops  to  be  called  into  the 
Bervice  of  the  Confederate  States  for  twelve  months,  .-it  Cbarfos- 

mth  Carolina,  whenever  in  the  discretion  of  the  President 
their  services  may  he  required. 
Approved  March  11,  1861 . 


No.  B3.]  AX  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Regular  Army  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America  for  twelve  months,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Section'  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  </<>t/i</ct,  That  the  following  appropriations  are  made 
for  the  support  of  the  regular  army  for  twelvemonths,  viz:  For 
expenses  of  recruiting  aud  for  transportation  of  recruits,  one 
hundred  and  ninety-two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars.  Pay  of 
the  army,  two  millions  seventy  thousand  four  hundred  and 
eighty-four  dollars.  Forage  for  officers'  horses  and  for  cavalry 
ami  light  artillery  horses,  one  hundred  and  seven  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars.  Suhsistence  for  troops,  nine  hundred  and 
twelve  thousand  live  hundred  dollars.  Clothing  for  the  army, 
six  hundred  and  forty-eight  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars.  Camp  and  garrison  equipage,  sixty  thousand  dollars. 
Supplies  for  the  quartermaster's  department — consisting  of  fuel 
for  the  officers,  enlisted  men,  guards,  hospitals,  storehouses  and 
offices  ;  of  forage  in  kind  for  horses,  mules  ami  oxen  oi  the 
quartermaster's  department,  at  the  several  posts  and  stations 
and  with  the  armies  in  the  field  ;  oi"  postage  on  letters  ami  pack- 
eceived  and  sent  by  officers  of  the  army  on  public  ser- 
vice ;  expenses  of  courts  martial  and  courts  of  inquiry,  includ- 
ing the  additional  compensation  of  judge  advocates,  recorders, 
members  and  witnesses,  while  in  that  service;  extra  pay  to  sol- 
diers employed  under  the  direction  of  the  quartermaster's 
department  in  the  erection  of  harracks,  quarters,  storehouses 
and  hospitals,  for  constant  labor  for  periods  of  not  less  than  ten 
days,  including  those  employed  as  clerks  ;  expense!  of  interment 
of  officers  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  when  on  duty  in  the  held, 
or  at  the  posts  on  the  frontiers,  and  of  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers and  soldiers ;  authorized  office  furniture  ;  hire  of  laborers 


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in  the  quartermaster's  department ;  compensation  of  clerks  of 
the  officers  of  the  quartermaster's  department;  for  the  appre- 
hension of  deserters  and  the  expenses  incident  to  their  pursuit ; 
for  the  following  expenses  required  for  the  regiment  of  cavalry 
and  for  the  four  batteries  of  light  artillery  :  namely,  the  pur- 
chase of  travelling  forges,  blacksmith's  and  shoeing  tools,  horse 
and  mule  shoes  and  nails,  iron  and  Bteel  for  shoeing ;  medicine 
for  horses  and  mules  ;  picket  ropes,  and  for  shoeing  the  horses 
of  the  corps  named — three  hundred  and  fifty-three  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  tit'ty-six  dollars.  For  constructing  barracks  and 
other  buildings  at  posts  which  it  may  be  necessary  to  occupy 
during  the  year,  and  for  repairing,  altering  and  enlarging  build- 
ings at  the  established  posts,  including  hire  or  commutation  of 
quarters  for  officers  on  military  duty,  hire  of  quarters  for  troops, 
of  storehouses  for  the  safe  keeping  of  military  stores,  and  of 
grounds  for  summer  cantonments  and  for  temporary  frontier 
stations,  for  commutation  of  forage  for  officers'  horses  when  it 
cannot  be  drawn  in  kind,  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars. For  mileage,  or  the  allowance  made  to  officers  of  the 
army  for  the  transportation  of  themselves  and  their  b 
when  travelling  on  duty  without  troops,  escorts  or  supplies, 
thirty-five  thousand  dollars  :  Provided,  That  mileage  shall  not 
be  allowed  when  the  officer  has  been  transferred  or  relieved  at 
his  own  request.  For  transportation  of  the  army — including 
the  baggage  of  the  troops  when  moving  either  by  laud  or  water, 
of  horse  equipments,  and  of  subsistence — from  the  places  of 
purchase,  and  from  the  places  of  delivery  under  contract,  to 
such  places  as  the  circumstances  of  the  service  may  require 
.them  to  be  sent,  of  ordnance,  ordnance  stores  and  small  arms, 
freights,  wharfage,  tolls,  and  ferriages,  hire  of  horses,  mules 
and  oxen,  and  the  purchase  and  repair  of  wagons,  carts  and 
drays,  and  of  ships  and  other  sea  going  vessels  required  for  the 
transportation  of  supplies  and  for  garrison  purposes,  for  dray- 
age  and  cartage  at  the  several  posts,  hire  of  teamsters,  trans- 
portation of  funds  for  the  disbursing  departments,  the  expense 
of  public-  transports  on  the  various  rivers,  the  gulf  of  Mexico 
and  the  Atlantic,  six  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  For 
the  purchase  of  horses  for  the  regiment  ot  cavalry  and  four  bat- 
teries  of  light  artillery,  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars.  Contingencies  of  the  army,  fifteen  thou- 
sand dollars.     For  the  medical  and  hospital  departments',  seven- 


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ty-livc  thousand  dollars.  Contingencies  of  the  adjutant-gene- 
ral's department,  six  hundred  dollars.  Armament  of  fortifica- 
tions and  purchase  of  light  artillery,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  Purchase]  manufacture  and  alteration  of 
small  arms,  four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  For  ord- 
nance, ordnance  stores  and  supplies,  including  horse  equipments 
for  the  regiment  of  cavalry  and  lor  light  batteries,  one  hundred 
and  ninety-nine  thousand  live  hundred  and  forty  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of 
War,  under  the  direction  of  the  President,  he  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  apply  any  portion  of  the  appropriations  made  by 
this  act  to  the  support  of  the  provisional  forces  which  may  lie 
called  into  service,  whenever  in  his  opinion  the  same  may  be 
necessary. 

Approved  March  11,  1861. 


No.   04.]  AX  ACT 

To  establish  a  Court  of  Admiralty  and  Maritime  Jurisdiction  at 
Key  West,  in  the  State  of  Florida. 

Sectiox  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  a  court  of  admiralty  and  maritime  juris- 
diction at  Key  West,  in  the  State  of  Florida,  shall  be  and  is 
hereby  created,  which  shall  have  cognizance  of  all  civil  causes  of 
admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction,  including  all  seizures  under 
the  revenue  laws  or  laws  of  navigation  and  trade  of  the  Confed- 
erate Slates,  when  the  seizures  are  made  or  cause  of  complaint 
arises  on  waters  which  are  navigable  from  the  sea  by  vessels  of 
ten  or  more  tons  burden,  as  well  as  upon  the  high  seas,  saving 
to  suitors  in  all  cases  the  right  of  a  common  law  remedy,  where 
the  remedy  at  common  law  is  ample  and  complete.  The  said 
court  shall  exercise  jurisdiction  in  all  that  part  of  the  State  of 
Florida  which  lies  south  of  a  line  drawn  due  east  and  west  from 
the  northern  point  of  Charlotte  Harbor,  including  the  islands, 
keys,  reefs,  shoals,  harbors,  hays  and  inlets  south  of  said  line. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  court  shall  also  have  cognizance  of  all  crimes 
and  offences  cognizable  under  the  authority  of  the  Confederate 
States  arising  upon  the  high  seas  and  within  the  territorial 
limits  aforesaid.  And  until  otherwise  provided  by  law  of  Con- 
gress, the  laws  of  the  United  States  in  regard  to  crimes  and 


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offences,  and  to  the  mode  of  procedure,  practice  and  trial  in  all 
criminal  or  penal  cases,  shall  lie  in  force  and  form  the  rule  of 
practice  and  decision  in  the  said  court. 

Sec.  3.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  Congress,  a  Judge  of  said  court, 
for  the  term  prescribed  by  the  constitution,  who  shall  receive 
compensation  at  the  rate  of  three  thousand  live  hundred  dollars 
per  annum,  payable  quarterly.  The  judge  shall  reside  at  Key 
West,  in  the  slate  aforesaid,  and  shall  hold  two  regular  terms  of 
said  court  in  each  year,  at  Key  West,  the  one  commencing  on 
the  first  Monday  of  May,  the  other  on  the  first  .Monday  of 
November  in  each  year;  and  shall  hold  extra  sessions  of  the 
same  from  time  to  time,  at  such  places  in  said  district  as  occa- 
sion may  require,  to  dispatch  the  business  of  said  court.  And 
the  said  court  shall  be  at  all  times  open  for  the  purpose  of  hear- 
ing and  determining  all  cases  of  admiralty  and  maritime  juris- 
diction. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  judge  shall  also  appoint  a  marshal  and  a 
clerk  for  said  court,  who  shall  be  in  all  respcts  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  establish  the  judicial 
courts  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America,"  so  far  as  the  8am  e 
relates  to  the  bonds,  oaths,  qualifications,  powers,  duties,  liabili- 
ties and  official  conduct  of  the  clerks  or  marshals  respectively, 
and  to  the  remedy  for  any  violation  of  duty,  breach  of  bond  or 
other  official  delinquency.  And  they  shall  also  have  the  same 
fees  for  their  respective  services  as  in  said  act  are  prescribed. 

Sec.  5.  The  clerk  shall  reside  and  keep  the  records  of  the 
court  at  the  place  of  holding  the  same,  and  it  shall  also  be  his 
duty  to  attend  the  sittings  of  the  said  court  wherever  held,  and 
keep  a  record  of  its  acts  and  proceedings,  as  if  held  at  the  regu- 
lar place  of  holding  the  same.  The  said  marshal  shall  also 
attend  the  said  court  wherever  holden,  and  shall  have  power  to 
appoint  as  many  deputies  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  whose 
official  acts  he  shall  be  bound  as  for  his  own. 

Sec.  6.  Appeals  may  be  allowed  and  writs  of  error  sued  out 
from  said  court  to  the  supreme  court  of  the  Confederate  States, 
in  the  same  manner  and  upon  the  same  terms  as  from  a  district 
court  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  7.  The  said  judge  shall  also  appoint  for  said  court  a  fit 
person,  learned  in  law,  to  act  as  attorney  for  the  Confederate 
States  in  all  matters  touching  their  interest,   and  in  all  crimes 


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and  offences  against  their  laws.  IT**  shall  receive  for  his  services 
a  salary  of  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly, 
and  the  farther  sum  of  five  dollars  a  day  for  each  day  that  he 
may  attend  said  court  when  in  actual  session. 

Sec.  8.  A  '  h  it  furilur  enacted^  That  no  vessel,  or  any 
master  thereof,  shall  be  regularly  employed  in  the  busi] 
wrecking  on  the  coast  of  Florida  without  the  license  of  the 
judge  of  said  court;  and  before  licensing  any  vessel  or  master 
the  judge  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  vessel  is  seaworthy  and  pro- 
perly and  suflS.cien.tly  equipped  and  lined  for  the  business  of 
saving  property  shipwrecked  and  in  distress,  and  that  the  master 
thereof  is  trustworthy  and  innocent  of  any  fraud  or  misconduct 
in  relation  to  any  property  shipwrecked  or  saved  on  said  coast. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  said  court  shall  conform  to  the  practice  pf 
the  district  courts  when  exercising  admiralty  and  maritime  juris- 
diction, and  shall  moreover  have  power  to  make  rules  to  govern 
the  practice  therein,  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  of  the  Con- 
federate States. 

Sec.  10.  All  writs  and  process,  either  mesne  or  final,  which 
shall  issue  from  said  court,  shall  hear  test  of  the  judge  of  said 
court,  and  shall  be  under  the  seal  and  signed  by  the  clerk 
thereof. 

Sec.  11.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  the  passage  thereof. 

Approved  March  11,  18G1. 


No.  G5.]  RESOLUTIONS 

Providing  for  a  Digest  of  Laws. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  members  of  this  body 

be  appointed  to  revise  the  statute  laws  of  the  United  States,  and 
report,  in  form  of  a  digest,  such  laws  as  are  applicable  to  this 

Confederacy,  together  with  such    changes  and   modifications  as 
they  would  recommend  for  the  adoption  of  Congress. 

Resolved  further,  That  the  committee  have  leave  to  sit  during 
the  recess,  and  to  employ  such  clerks  and  to  order  such  print- 
ing as  they  may  require,  and  that  they  be  authorized  to  draw 
for  the  same  on  the  appropriation  for  the  contingent  expenses 
of  Congress. 


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Resolved  further,  That  the  committee  he  appointed  by  the 
President  of  Congress. 
Approved  March  12,  1861. 


No.  G6.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  "An  act 
to  Provide  for  the  Public  Defence." 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  CanfederaU  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  to  enable  the  President  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confede- 
rate States,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence," 
and  to  provide  for  the  ]>ay,  subsistence  ami  transportation  of 
such  volunteer  forces  as  may  be  called  into  service  by  authority 
of  the  said  act,  the  sum  of  five  millions  of  dollars,  or  as  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  lie  and  the  same  is  hereby  appro* 
priated  from  any  moneys  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated. 

Approved  March  12,  1861. 


No.  67.]  AX  ACT 

Amendatory  of  an  Act  for  the  organization  of  the  Stan  Depart- 
ments of  the  Army,  and  an  Act  for  the  establishment  and 
organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
Aim  ricn  <h>  enact)  That  the  adjutant  and  inspector  general's 
department  shall  consist  of  two  assistant  adjutants  general  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel,  two  assistant  adjutants  general 
with  the  rank  of  major,  and  four  assistant  adjutants  general  with 
the  rank  of  captain. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  there  shall  be  added  one 
brigadier  general  to  those  heretofore  authorized  by  law,  and  that 
any  one  of  the  brigadier  generals  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate 
States  may  be  assigned  to  the  duty  of  adjutant  and  inspector 
general,  at  th«  discretion  of  the  President. 

Sec.  3.     Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  quartermaster  gen- 


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mil's  department  shrill  consist  of  one  quartermaster  general  with 
the  rank  of  colonel,  one  assistant  quartermaster  general  with 
tin'  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel,  four  assistant  quartermasters  with 

the  rank  of  major,  and  such  other  officers  in  that  department  as 
arc  already  provided  by  law. 

Si;c  4.  /!<  it  farther  enacted,  That  the  commissary  general's 
department  shall  consist  <»t'  one  commissary  general  with  the 
rank  of  colonel,  one  commissary  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
colonel,  one  commissary  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  three  com- 
missaries with  the  rank  of  captain;  and  as  many  assistant  com- 
missaries as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required  by  the  service 
may  be  detailed  by  the  War  Department  from  the  Subalterns  of 
the  line.  who.  in  addition  to  their  pay  in  the  line,  shall  receive 
twenty  dollars  permonth  while  engaged  in  that  service. 

Site.  5.  I>  it  further  enacted  That  in  all  cases  of  officers 
A\ho  have  resigned,  or  'who  may  within  six  months  tender  their 
resignations  from  the  army  of  the  United  States,  and  who  have 
been  or  may  be  appointed  to  original  vacancies  in  the  army  of 
the  Confederate  States,  the  commissions  issued  shall  bear  one 
and  the  same  date,  so  that  the  relative  rank  of  officers  of  each 
grade  shall  be  determined  by  their  former  commissions  in  the 
United  States  army,  held  anterior  to  the  secession  of  these  Con- 
federate States  from  the  United  States. 

Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  every  officer,  non-com- 
missioned officer,  musician  and  private  shall  take  and  subscribe 
the  following  oath  or  affirmation,  to-wit :  I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly 
swear  or  affirm  (as  the  case  may  be)  that  while  I  continue  in  the 
service  1  will  bear  true  faith  and  yield  obedience  to  the  Confed- 
erate States  of  America,  and  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly 
ami  faithfully  against  their  enemies,  and  that  I  will  observe  and 
Obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  and 
the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  Over  me,  according  to  the 
rules  and  articles  of  war. 

Sec.  7.    Be  it  further  enaetedx  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws 

militating  against  this  act  be  and  the  same  arc  hereby  repealed. 

Apfsoysd  March  14,  1801. 


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No.  69.]  A  RESOLUTION 

Accepting  certain  Funds  tendered  to  the  Confederate  States  by 
the  State  of  Louisiana. 

Whereas,  The  convention  of  the  State  of  Louisiana  has 
adopted  an  ordinance  as  follows,  to-wit: 

"An  ordinance  to  transfer  certain  funds  to  the  government  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

"Sec.  1.  It  is  hereby  ordained,  That  the  sum  of  three  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty-seven, 
forty-six;  one  hundredths  dollars,  now  in  the  hands  of  A.  J. 
Guirot,  State  Depositary,  and  known  as  the  'Bullion  Fund,'  be 
transferred  to  the  government  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  and  that  said  depositary  he  and  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  instructed  to  pay  said  sum  upon  the  order  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  of  said  Confederate  States. 

"Sec.  2.  It  is  further  ordained,  That  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-seven  thousand  live  hundred  and  nineteen  dol- 
lars and  sixty-six  cents,  being  the  balance  received  by  said  State 
Depository  from  the  customs  since  the  thirty-first  of  January 
last,  be  transferred  to  said  government  and  paid  by  said  deposi- 
tary upon  the  order  of  said  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the 
Confederate  States." 

Be  it  therefore  resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confedi  fate 
States  oj  America,  That  the  Congress  accepts  with  a  high  sense 
of  the  patriotic  liberality  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  the  funds  so 
generously  tendered  to  the  treasury  of  the  Confederate  States, 
and  proffered  in  the  ordinance  aforesaid. 

Approved  March  14,  1861. 


No.  70.1  AN"  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  Organization  of  the  Navy. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint, 
in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law,  the  following  commissioned 
officers  of  the  navy,  viz:  four  captains,  four  commanders,  thirty 
lieutenants,  live  surgeons,  rive  assistant  surgeons,  six  paymasters 
and  two  chief  engineers,  and  to  employ  as  many  masters,  mid- 


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Bhipmen,  engineers,  naval  constructors,  boatswains,  gunners, 
carpenters,  sailmakers  and  other  warrant  and  petty  officers  and 
seamen  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  not  to  exceed  in  the  aggre- 
gate three  thousand. 

Sec.  2.  The  annual  pay  of  said  officers  shall  be  as  follows, 
viz  : 

Captains,  when  commanding  squadrons,  five  thousand  dollars. 
All  other  captains  on  duty  at  sea,  four  thousand  two  hundred 

dollars. 

On  other  duty,  three  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 
When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  three  thousand  dollars. 
Commanders. — Eyery  commander  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first 
iars  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thousand  eighl 
hundred  and  twenty-live  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission^ 
three  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Every  commander  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  five  years  after 
the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty- 
t  wo  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

All  other  commanders,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

Lieutenants  commanding  at  sea,  two  thousand  five  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

Tdi  utenants. — Every  lieutenant  on  duty  at  sea,  one  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  seven  years'  sea  service  in  the  navy, 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  sea  service,  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  dollars, 

After  he  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  two  thou- 
sand one  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  thirteen  years'  sva  service,  two  thou- 
sand two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Every  lieutenant  on  other  duty  shall  receive  one  thousand  five 
hundred  dollars, 

After  he  shall  have  seen  seven  years'  sea  service  in  the  navy, 
one  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  sea  service,  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  dollars. 


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After  lie  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  thirteen  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars. 

Every  lieutenant  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  one  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  seven  years1  sea  service  in  the  navy, 
one  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  sea  service,  one  thousand 
three  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand four  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  thirteen  years1  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Masters. — Every  master  in  the  line  of  promotion,  when  on 
duty  as  Mich  at  sea,  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  one  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  eight  hundred  and  twenty, 
five  dollars. 

Midshipmen. — Every  midshipman  at  sea,  live  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  five  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  four  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars. 

Surgeons. — Every  surgeon  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first  live 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as  surgeon,  two  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission  as  surgeon,  three  thousand  dollars. 

Fleet  surgeons,  three  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

Every  surgeon  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  live  years  after  the 
date  of  his  commission  as  surgeon,  two  thousand  dollars 

For  the  second  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 
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For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  rears  after  the  date  of  hia  commission,  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  tw<>  thousand  eight  hnndred  dollars. 

Every  surgeon  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first  five 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as  surgeon,  one  thousand 
six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
Burgeon,  two  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years1  service'  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission  as  surgeon,  two  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

Assistant  Surgeons. — Every  assistant  surgeon  on  duty  at  sea, 
one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  one  thousand  and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  eight  hundred  dollars. 

Paymasters. — Every  paymaster  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first 
five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two 
thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

for  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
t\\<>  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years  and  upwards  after  the  date  of  his  commis- 
sion, three  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

Every  paymaster  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  five  years  after 
the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 

two  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two 
thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 


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Every  paymaster  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first  five 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  four  hun- 
dred dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
One  thousand  s'ik  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  Ins  commission, 
two  thousand  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

jEngineers. — Every  chief  engineer  on  duty,  for  the  first  five 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred dollars. 

For  the  second  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two 
thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

After  fifteen  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thou- 
sand six  hundred  dollars. 

Every  chief  engineer  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first 
live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
>Ue  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  live  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one 
thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

After  fifteen  years'  service  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Every  first  assistant  engineer  on  duty,  one  thousand  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  nine  hundred  dollars. 

Every  second  assistant  engineer  on  duty,  one  thousand  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  seven  hundred  and  fifty- 
dollars. 

Every  third  assistant  engineer  on  duty,  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  six  hundred  dollars. 
Warrant  Offioere. — Every  boatswain,  gunner,   carpenter  and 
sailmaker  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first  three  years'   sea  service 
after  the  date  of  his  warrant,  one  thousand  dollars. 


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For  the  second  three  years'  sea  service  after  of  hi? 

warrant,  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years'  sea  Bervice  after  the  date  of  his 

warrant,  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollar*. 

For  the  fourth  three  years'  sea  Bervice  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  twelve  years'1  sea  service  and  upwards,  one  thousand  loin- 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

When   on  other  duty  : 

For  the  first  three  years  of  sea  service  after  the  date  of  war- 
rant, eight  lmnhred  dollars. 

For  the  second  three  years1  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years  of  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 

warrant,  one  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  twelve'  years'  sea  service  and  upwards,  one  thousand  two 

hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  ot  waiting  orders: 

For  the  first  three  years  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his  war- 
rant, six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  three  years' sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
wan-ant,  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  three  years1  sea  service  after  the  date  of  hi* 
warrant,  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  twelve  years'  Bea  service  and  upwards,  one  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

Andbe  it  further  enacted,  That  the  commissioned  officers 
hereinbefore  provided  for,  and  who  shall  not  be  nominated  be- 
fore the  adjournment  of  Congress*,  may  be  appointed  by  the 
President  during  the  recess,  to  hold  their  commissions  until  the 

next  session  of  ( 'ougresss. 

Sec.  '■'<.  In  computing  the  length  of  service  of  such  officers  as 
were  attached  to  the  navy  of  the  United  States,  but  who  have 
resigned,  and  have  been  or  may  be  received  into  the  service  of 
the.  Confederate  States,  their  period  of  service  in  the  navy  of 
the  United- States  shall  lie  included;  and  no  service  shall  be 
regarded  as  sea  service  in  the  purview  of  said  act   but  such  as 


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shall  actually  be  performed  fit  sea,  and  in  vessels  employed  by 
authority  of  law. 

Six.  4.  The  pay  of  seamen  of  the  navy  shall  be  determined 
by  the  President,  and  may  be  altered  by  him  from  time  to  time 
as  circumstances  may  require. 

Si:.'.  5,  There  shall  he  a  corps  of  marines,  to  consist  of  one 
major,  one  quartermaster,  one  paymaster,  one  adjutant,  one  ser- 
geant major,  one  quartermaster  sergeant,  and  six  companies, 
eaeh  company  to  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  and  one  second 
lieutenant,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  one  hundred  men  and 
two  musicians  ;  and  the  pay  and  allowances  of  the  officers  and 
enlisted  men  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  the  oilieers  and  enlisted 
men  of  like  grade  in  the  infantry  of  the  army,  except  that  the 
ration  of  the  enlisted  marines  shall  be  the  ration  allowed  1')'  law 
to  seamen. 

Si:c.  (i.  The  following  officers  shall  be  attached  to  the  Navy 
Departmcnt,  to-wit  :  An  officer,  not  below  the  grade  of  com- 
mander, who  shall  be  charged  with  the  purchase  or  preparation 
of  ordnance,  ordnance  stores  and  supplies  and  equipments,  and 
with  hydrography,  and  with  such  other  duties  as  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  may  from  time  to  time  assign  to  him;  an  officer 
not  below  the  grade  of  lieutenant,  to  be  designated  as  the  officer 
of  orders  and  detail,  who  shall,  under  the  orders  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy,  prepare  and  issue  all  orders  and  details  for 
service,  and  who  shall  also,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy,  have  charge  of  all  matters  and  things  connected 
with  courts  martial  and  courts  of  inquiry,  and  with  the  custody 
of  all  records  and  papcre  thereunto  appertaining,  and  perform 
such  Other  duties  relating  to  the  personnel  of  the  navy,  as  the 
secrecary  may  from  time  to  time  direct  ;  a  surgeon  or  an  assist- 
ant  surgeon,  who  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  oi' 
the  Navy,  make  all  purchases  ot  medicines  and  medical  supplies 
lor  the  navy,  and  perform  such  other  duties  appertaining  to  the 
medical  department  as  the  secretary  may  from  time  to  time 
direct;  a  paymaster,  who  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  make  all  contract*  for  or  puroh: 
provisions,  clothing  and  coal  for  the  use  of  the  navy,  and  per- 
form such  other  duties  as  the  secretary  may  direct.  The  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy  is  authorized  to  appoint  one  clerk  to  aid  each 
of  the  above  officers  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  whose  annual 
salary  shall  not  exceed    fifteen    hundred    dollars    each  ;    but   the 


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-  therein  detailed  for  duty  shall  receive  no  compensation 
for  their  sendees  beyond  their  regular  pay  as  on  other  duty; 

Sic  .  7.  It  Bhall  be  the  duty  <>f  the  quartermaster  of  the 
marine  corps  to  visit  the  different  posts  where  portions  of  the 
corps  may  be  stationed,  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
proper  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Sic.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of -the  Navy  to 
prepare  and  publish  regulations  for  the  general  government  of 

all  persons  connected  with  or  employed  in  the  naval  service, 
which  regulations  shall  take  effect  as  soon  as  they  shall  he 
approved  by  the  President  and  published. 

Sec.  9.  All  laws  of  the  United  States  heretofore  enacted  for 
the  government  of  the  officers,  stamen  and  marines  of  the  navy 
of  the  I  cited  Mates,  that  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  provis- 
ions of  this  act,  are  hereby  adopted  and  applied  to  the  officers, 
seamen  and  marines  of  the  navy  of  the  Confi  derate  States. 

Sec.  10.  The  President  may  determine  the  relative  and  assim- 
ilated rank  which  officers  of  the  navy  shall  hold  toward  those  of 
the  army. 

Approved  March  16,  1861. 


No.  71.]  AN  ACT 

To  regulate  Foreign  Coins  in  the  Confederate  State-. 

Section   1.      The   Conr/ress  of   the   Confederate   States   of 

America  <(<>  enaet,  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  now  ill  force 
for  the  regulation  of  the  mint  and  branch  mints  of  the  United 
States,  and  for  the  government  of  the  officers  and  persons  em- 
ployed therein,  and  for  the  punishment  of  all  offences  connected 
with  the  mint  or  Coinage  ofthe  United  States,  shall  he  and  they 

are  hereby  declared  to  be  in  full  force  in  relation  to  the  mints 

of  New  Orleans  and   Dahlonega. 

Sic.  2.  That  all  laws  now  in  force  in  reference  to  the  coins 
ofthe  United  States,  and  the  striking  and  coining  of  the  same, 
shall,  as  far  as  applicable,  have  full  force  and  effect  in  relation  to 
the  coins  therein  authorized,  whether  the  said  laws  are  penal  or 
Otherwise,  and  whether  they  are  for  preventing  counterfeiting 
or  debasement,  for  protecting  the  currency,  for  regulating  and 
guarding  the  process  of  striking  and  coining  and  the  prepare- 


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tions  therefor,  or  for  the  security  of  the  coin,  or  for  any  other 
purpose. 

Sec.  -3.  That  the  silver  coins  issued  in  conformity  with  the 
law  of  the  United  States  of  twenty-first  of  February  and  third  of 
March,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-three,  shall  be  legal  tenders 
in  payment  of  debts  for  all  sums  not  exceeding  ten  dollars,  all 
laws  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  following  foreign  gold  coin  shall  pass  cur- 
renf  as  money  within  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  be 
receivable  for  th<  payment  of  all  debts  and  demands  at  the  fol- 
lowing rates,  that  is  to  say:  The  sovereign  of  England,  of  no 
less  a  weight  than  five  pennyweights  and  three  grains,  and  of 
the  fineness  of  (91 5£)  nine  hundred  fifteen  ami  one-half  thou- 
sandths, shall  be  deemed  equal  to  four  dollars  and  eighty-two 
cents.  The  Napoleon,  of  the  weight  of  not  less  than  (4  dwts., 
••'  ^y^-)  four  pennyweights  three  grains  and  one-half,  and  of  a 
fineness  of  nol  less  than  (899)  eight  hundred  ninety-ninth  thou- 
sandths, shall  be  deemed  equal  to  three  dollars  and  eighty-two 
cents.  The  Spanish  and  Mexican  doubloons,  of  no  less  a  weight 
than  (1  7  dwts.,  SrV  grs.)  seventeen  pennyweights  eighl  grains 
and  one-half,  and  of  the  fineness  of  not  less  than  (899)  eight 
hundred  ninety-ninth  thousandths,  shall  be  deemed  equal  to 
fifteen  dollars  and  fifty-three  cents. 

SEC.  ■"'.  That  the  following  silver  coins  shall  pass  current  as 
money  within  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  ami  be  re- 
ceived in  payment  for  all  debts  and  demands  at  the  following 
rates,  that  is  to  say :  The  American  dollar,  (4r_'ig.)  four  hun- 
dred twelve  and  one-half  grains,  and  the  dollar  of  -Mexico,  of 
not  less  than  (^07)  eight  hundred  ninety-seventh  thousandths  in 
Oneness  and  (415g.)  four  hundred  fifteen  grains  in  weight,  shall 
be  deemed  equal  to  one  dollar  and  two  cents.  The  five-franc 
piece,  of  not  less  than  (000)  nine  hundred  thousandths  in  fine- 
ness and  (".84)  three  hundred  eighty-four  grains  in  weight,  shall 
be  deemed  equal  to  ninety-five  cents. 

Be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  incon- 
sistent with  this  act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

APPBOTED  -March  14,  1801. 


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No.  72.]  RESOLUTIONS 

In  reference  to  Forts,  Dock-yards,  Reservations,   and  Property 
ceded  to  the  Confederate  States. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate,  States,  That  the 
Congress  do  recommend  to  the  respective  states  to  cede  the 
torts,  arsenals,  navy-yards,  dock-yards  and  other  public  estab- 
lishments within  their  respective  limits  to  the  Confederate  States? 
and  moreover,  to  cede  so  niueh  of  the  lands  reserved  heretofore 
by  the  government  of  the  United  States,  or  other  public  vacant 
lands  in  their  respective  limits  as  may  be  necessary  for  timber 
or  lumber  for  naval  or  other  purposes  of  public  concern  ;  and 
that  the  President  of  Congress  be  requested  to  communicate 
these  resolutions  and  the  accompanying  report  to  the  governors 
<>l'  the  respeptive  states. 

Resolved  further,  That  in  ease  of  such  cession,  the  President 
be  and  he  is  hereliy  authorized  and  empowered  to  take  charge 
of  any  such  property  ceded. 

Approved  March  15,  1861. 


No.  73.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  Legislative,  Executive  and  Jndi 
eial  expenses  of  Government,  tor  the  year  ending  4th  of 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Sk<tion  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  <;/' 
America  do  enact,  That  the  following  sums  be  and  the  same 
are  hereliy  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  trcasuay  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  objects   hereafter  expressed,  for 

the  year  ending  the  fourth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and 

sixty-1  wo,  namely  : 

legislative. — For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  of 

Congress,  twenty-six  thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  officers,  clerks  and  mesengers.  and 

others  employed  by  Congress,  nine  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  contingent  expenses  of  Congress,  twenty  thousand 
dollars. 

Executive. — For  compensation  of  the  President  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  twenty-live  thousand  dollars. 


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For  compensation  of  the  Vice  President  of  the  Confederate 
Stales,  six  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  private  secretary  of  the  President, 
and  messenger,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the  executive  office  three  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

J),  party**  ut  of  State. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of 
State,  and  assistant  secretary,  clerks  and  messenger,  twelve 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  said  depart- 
ment, thirty-two  thousand  dollars. 

Treasury  Department. — For  compensation  of  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  assistant  secretary  of  the  treasury,  comptroller, 
auditor,  treasurer  and  Peghter,  clerks  and  messengers,  including 
those  employed  in  the  several  bureaus  of  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, fifty-eight  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  said  depart- 
ment, including  the  bureaus,  twelve  thousand  dollars. 

War  Department. — For  compensation  of  Secretary  of  War, 
chief  of  bureau,  clerks  and  messengers,  including  the  clerks 
and  messengers  in  the  several  offices  of  adjutant  general,  quar- 
termaster general,  commissary  general,  surgeon  general,  chic* 
engineer  and  artillery,  thirty-four  thousand  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  said  department, 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Navy  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  o* 
the  Navy,  clerks  and  messengers  in  his  office,  twelve  thousand 
three  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy  De- 
partment, five  thousand  dollars. 

PQ8t-Offi.ee  Department.  —  For  compensation  of  the  Post- 
master General,  clerks  and  messengers  in  his  office,  twenty-nine 
thousand  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Post-Office  De- 
partment, fifteen  thousand  dollars. 

Depart 'in  nt  of  Justice. — For  compensation  of  the  Attorney 
General,  clerks  and  messengers  in  his  department,  ten  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  said  department, 
three  thousand  dollars. 

Judiciary. — For  salaries  of  judges,  attorneys,  marshals-,  and 


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incidental  an«l  contingent  expenses  of  courts,  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

M'mt  and  Independent  Treaeury*—^ For  compensation  of  offi- 
cers,  incidental  :m<l  contingent  expences,  including  wages  of 

workmen  and  pay  of  laborers,  if  m ssary,  Pot  the  mints  and 

independent  treasury,  the  sum  of  eighty  thousand  dollars. 

Forei(jn  I"t<  /v.i//,v;. . — For  salaries  of  ministers,  eommissicn- 
srs,  secretaries  or  other  officers  employed  by  t  lu-  government  in 
relation  to  intercourse  with  foreign  governments,  trad  forioci* 
dental,  miscellaneous  and  contingent  necessities  ami  expenses 
connected  with  said  intercourse  with  foreign  nations,  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars. 

Ligkthemee. — For  supplying  the  lighthouses  and  beacon 
lights  with  nil,  wicks,  glass,  ehimueys,  and  other  expenses  of 
the  same,  repairing  and  keeping  in  repair  the  lighting  apparatus, 
salaries  of  keepers  and  assistants  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Confederate  States,  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Expense*  of  QoUeetimg  Bevemte. — For  expenses  of  collecting 
revenue  from  customs  at  the  several  ports  of  entry  and  delivery 
as  now  established  by  law,  and  which  may  hereafter  he  desig- 
nated under  the  authority  given  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, in  the  respective  states  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Amer- 
ica, five  hundred  and  twenty-live  thousand  dollars. 

For  expenses  of  engraving  bonds  ami  certificates  of  stock, 
under  the  acts  to  raise  money  for  the  support  of  the  govern- 
ment, and  to  provide  for  the  defence  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  and  to  issue  treasury  notes,  twenty  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

JExecuHrc  3[<<i<sion.—Fo\'  rent  of  house  for  President  of  the 
Confederate  States,  five  thousand  dollars. 

Mi8CeUa,ne0U8<i— For  necessities  and  exigencies  under  laws 
akeady  passed,  or  which  may  he  passed,  or  from  causes  which 
now  exist,  or  may  hereafter  arise,  and  unforseeii  emergencies1, 
there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  two  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  subject  to  the  requisition  and  under  the  control  of  the 
President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Ari'iiovED,  March  15,  1861. 


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No.  74.]  AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  appointment  of  Commercial  Agents  or  Con- 
suls to  foreign  ports. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confed&aii  States,  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be  and  he  i^  hereby  au- 
thorized to  appoint  such  commercial  agents  or  consuls  as  in  his 
opinion  the  commercial  interests  of  the  Confederacy  may  re- 
quire; and  all  such  commercial  agents  or  consuls  shall  charge 
the  fees  usual  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States:  Provided, 
however,  That  the  amounts  of  money  obtained  by  such  tecs 
shall  he  reported  to  the  Treasury  Department,  and  the  salaries 
shall  not  he  greater  than  the  laws  of  the  United  States  allow. 

Appbovbd  March  15,  1861. 


No.  75.]  AN   ACT 

To  authorize  the  construction  or  purchase  of  ten  Gunboats. 

Section-  1.  Tlie  Congress  of  ihfc  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  he  and  he  is  hereby  au- 
thorized to  cause  to  he  constructed  or  purchased  ten  ■-team  gun" 

boats,  for  coast  defence,  whereof  live  shall  be  of  a  tonnage  not 
exceeding  seven  hundred  and  iifty  tons,  and  live  of  a  tonnage  not 
exceeding  one  thousand  tons. 

Appbovkd  March  15,  1801. 


No.  76.]  AN  ACT 

To  define  and  fix  the  pay  of  the  Officers  of  the  Congress  of  the 
Provisional  Government. 

Section  1.  Tlie  Congress  of  t/te  Confederate  States  of 
America  Jo  enactt  That  the  secretary  of  the  Congress  shall 
receive  an  annual  compensation  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars, 
and  at  that  rate  during  the  continuance  of  the  provisional  gov- 
ernment ;  that  the  assistant  secretary,  journal  clerk  and  reading 
clerk  shall  each  receive  an  annual  compensation  of  two  thou- 
sand dollars,  as  aforesaid;  that  the  door-keeper  shall  receive  an 


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annus]  compensation  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  as  aforesaid; 
that  the  messenger  si  tall  receive  an  annual  compensation  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  as  aforesaid. 

Si:. .  J.  That  the  extra  clerk  employed  by  the  day  to  enroll  or 
JS  the  acts. of  the  Congress  shall  receive  six;  dollars  per 
diem,  to  be  paid  on  the  warrant  of  the  President  of  the  Con- 
gress. 

Aim'koyki)  March  15,  1 861 . 


Xo.  77.]  AN  ACT 

To  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  establish  a  Court  of  Ad- 
miralty and  Maritime  Jurisdiction  at  Key  West,  in  the  State 
of  Florida," 

Suction   1.      The    Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of 

America  do  <//<trt,  That  so  much  of  an  act  entitled  ki  An  act  to 
establish  a  Court  of  Admiralty  and  Maritime  Jurisdiction  at 
Key  West,  in  the  State  of  Florida,"  as  provides  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  district  attorney  and  marshal  of  said  court  by  the 
judge  thereof,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed  ;  ami  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate 
States  to  appoint  for  said  court  a  tit  person,  learned  in  the  law, 
to  act  as  attorney  for  the  Confederate  States  in  all  crimes  and 
offences  against  their  laws,  and  in  all  other  matters  touching 
their  interest.  The  President  shall  also  appoint  a  marshal  for 
said  court ;  and  said  attorney  and  marshal  shall  receive  such  pay 
in  every  respect,  and  perform  such  services  respectively  as  are 
provided  for  ami  required  of  attorneys  and  marshals  by  an  act 
entitled  "An  act  to  establish  the  Judicial  Courts  of  the  Confed- 
erate States  of  America." 

APPBOVED  March  15,  1861. 


No.  78.]  AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  payment  of  Lighl  Money  in  the  Confederate 

States. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Spates  of  Aim  rim  >!<<  enart, 
That  a  duty  of  five  cents  per  ton,  to  be  denominated  "Light 
Money,"  shall  be  levied   and  collected    on    all   ships   or    vessels 


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which,  after  the  firs*  day  of  May  next,  may  enter  the  sea-ports  of 
the  Confederate  States  from  any  sea-port,  to  he  collected  in  the 
manner  heretofore  provided  by  law  as  to  tonnage  duties:  Pro- 
vided,  however,  That  on  all  vessels  trading  regularly  between 
ports  of  the  Confederate  States  the  said  duties  shall  hot  be  levied 
and  collected  oftener  than  once  in  every  three  months. 
ArpnovKi)  ."March  10,  1861. 


No.  79.]  AX  ACT 

To  appoint  a  Second  Auditor  of  the  Treasury. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact. 
That  there  shall  he  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  an  additional  officer  for  tin 
Treasury  Department,  to  lie  called  the  Second  Auditor  of  the 
Treasury,  who  shall  be  charged  with  the  auditing  of  accounts 
for  the  War  Department,  and  who  shall  receive  for  his  services 
a  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

Approved  March  L5,  1861* 


No.  80.]  AN   ACT 

Authorizing  the  President  alone  to  make  certain  Appointments'. 

Tic-  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enqct) 
That  during  the  recess  of  this  Congress  the  President  shall  have 
power  to  make  appointments  of  such  inferior  officers  as  by  the 
Constitution  of  this  Provisional  Government  the  Congress  has 
authority  to  vest  iu  him  alone,  anything  in  any  law  heretofore 
passed  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Aituovki)  March  16,  1861. 


No.  81.]  AX  ACT 

Vesting  certain  Powers  in  the  Postmaster  General. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  in  the  event  of  a  discontinuance  of  the 
postal  service  in  any  of  the  Confederate  States,  as  now  carried 


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on  by  the  government  of  the  United  States,  before  the  Post- 
master General  of  this  Confederacy  shall  have  prepared  the  new 
service,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  already  passed  by  this 
Congress,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  Postmaster  Genera]  bo 
renew,  provisionally,  the  contracts  under  which  the  service  is 
now  performed,  and  bo  continue  in  office  the  se\  era]  postmasters 
and  other  officers  now  employed  in  such  postal  service,  until  he 
is  prepared  to  replace  said  service  and  said  officers  by  new  con- 
tracts and  appointments. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Postmaster  General,  at  a  time  to  be  fixejJ 
by  him,  is  hereby  authorized  bo  advertise  and  enter  into  con- 
tracts for  carrying  the  mail  with  due  celerity,  certainty  and 
security,  on  bhe  post  routes  within  bhe  Confederabe  States,  other 
than  railroads  and  sbeamboats,  in  accordance  with  the  acts 
passed  by  this  Congress. 

Sec.  3.  That  after  such  contracts  shall  have  been  entered 
into,  on  and  alter  a  day  to  be  designated  by  the  proclamation  of 
the  Postmaster  General,  all  conveyance  of  mails  within  the  Hunts 
of  the  Confederate  States,  except  by  authority  of  bhe  Postmas- 
ter General,  is  hereby  prohibited. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted^  That  the  Postmaster  General 
have  power  to  issue  circular  instructions  to  the  several  postmas- 
ters and  other  officers  still  performing  service  under  bhe  appoint- 
ment of  the  United  States,  in  order  to  enforce  the  rendition  of 
the  proper  accounts  and  payment  of  the  moneys  collected  by 
them  per  account  of  the  United  States,  until  the  Postmaster 
General  shall  have  issued  his  proclamation  announcing  that  the 
former  service  is  discontinued  and  is  replaced  by  the  new  ser- 
vice organized  under  the  authority  of  this  government. 

Sir.  ."">.  Thai  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Postmaster  General  to 
allow  express  and  other  chartered  companies  to  carry  letters 
and  all  mail  matter  of  every  description,    whether   the   same   be 

enclosed  in  stamped  envelopes  or  pre-paid  by  stamps  or  money  j 
but  if  the  same  be  pre-paid  in  money,  the  money  shall  be  paid 
to  some  postmaster,  who  shall  stamp  the  same  paid,  and  shall 
account  to  the  Post-Office  Department  for  the  same,  in  the  same 
manner  as  for  letters  sent  by  the  mail ;  and  if  prepaid  by  stamps, 
then  the  express  or  other  company  receiving  such  letters  for 
delivery  shall  obliterate  such  stamps,  under  the  penalty  of  five 
hundred  dollars  for  each  failure,  to  he  recovered  by  action  of 
debt  in  any  court  having  jurisdiction  thereof,  in  the  name  o( 


Ill 

the  Postmaster  General,  for  the  use  of  the  Confederate  States ; 
but  if  said  letters  or  mail  matter  shall  he  received  hy  such  ex- 
press or  other  company,  not  for  delivery,  but  to  be  mailed,  then 
the  matter  so  carried  shall  be  pre-paid  at  the  same  rate  that  the 
existing  law  requires  it  to  be  paid  from  the  point  where  it  may 
be  received  by  such  company  to  the  point  of  its  destination,  and 
the  postmaster,  where  such  company  may  mail  the  same,  shall 
deface  the  stamps  upon  the  same. 

Sec.  6.  Be  U  farther  enacted,  That  each  agent  of  any  com- 
pany who  may  carry  Letters  under  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
shall  he  required  to  take  an  oath  that  he  will  faithfully  comply 
with  the  law  of  the  Confederate  States  relating  to  the  carrying 
of  letters  or  other  mail  matter  and  obliterating  postage  stamps, 
which  oath  may  he  administered  by  any  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  shall  lie  in  writing,  and  signed  hy  such  agent  or  messenger, 
and  tiled  in  the  Poat-Office  Depart  ment. 

Approved  March  13,  1861. 


No.  82.]  AX  ACT 

To  amend  the  Laws  relative  to  the  Compensation  of  the  Attor- 
neys of  the  Confederate  States. 

Section   1.      The    Congress   of  the    Confederate   States   of 

America  do  enact,  That  in  addition  to  the  compensation  now 
allowed  by  law  to  the  attorneys  of  the  Confederate  States,  there 
shall  he  hereafter  allowed  to  them  for  their  services  to  the  Con- 
federate States  the  following  fees  :  For  drafting  the  declaration 
writ,  information  or  other  pleadings  necessary  to  bring  the 
cause  to  an  issue,  ten  dollars;  for  arguing  questions  of  law  aris- 
ing on  the  pleadings  or  demurrer,  ten  dollars — but  not  more  than 
one  such  fee  shall  be  allowed  in  any  cause ;  for  drawing  indict- 
ments on  criminal  informations,  tive  dollars ;  for  collecting  and 
paying  over  to  the  Confederate  States  moneys,  a  commission  of 
one  per  cent,  on  the  amount  collected  and  paid,  whether  the 
same  have  been  collected  on  execution  or  otherwise  ;  for  attend- 
ance on -a  reference  from  the  court  to  a  master  or  commissioner, 
five  dollars  a  day  ;  for  examining  a  land  title  and  written  opin- 
ion thereon,  twenty  dollars  ;  for  making  abstract  of  title  when 
required,  twenty  dollars  ;  for  examiuing  and  making  report  on 
any  question  or  subject,  when  thereto  required  by  the  President 


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or  any  head  of  department,  thirty  dollars;  B  \  in  any 

suit  in  a  state  court  in  which  it  may  be  necessary  to  appeal  in 
behalf  oi  the  Confederate  States,  twenty  dollars;  for  services 
in  any  case  arising  under  the  extradition  treaties  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  twenty-live  dollars. 

SbC.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  Thai  this  act  take  effect  ami 
be  in  force  from  ami  after  the  passage  thereof* 

Approved  March  15,  1661. 


No.  83.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  Judicial  Courts  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America. 

SacnoM  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Confederate 
States  shall  hold  annually,  at  the  seat  of  government,  one  ses- 
sion, commencing  the  first  Monday  of  January,  and  continue 
until  the  business  of  said  court  is  disposed  of. 

Sec.  2.  That  each  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  constitute 
one  district,  in  which  there  shall  be  a  court  called  a  District 
Court,  to  consist  of  one  judge,  who  shall  reside  in  the  state  for 
which  he  is  appointed,  and  shall  receive  a  salary  equal  to  that 
paid  to  a  judge  of  the  court  of  the  highest  jurisdiction  in  the 
state  where  he  resides,  payable  quarterly. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Supreme  Court 
may,  by  any  one  or  more  of  its  judges  being  present,  be  ad- 
journed from  day  to  day  until  a  quorum  be  convened  ;  and  that 
a  district  court,  in  ease  of  the  inability  of  the  judge  to  attend  at 
the  commencement  of  a  session,  may  be  adjourned  by  the  mar- 
shal of  the  district  from  day  to  day  for  three  successive  days, 
and  at  the  close  of  the  third  day  the  same  shall  stand  adjourned 
to  the  next  regular  term,  if  the  judge  do  not  appear;  and  in  all 
cases  of  failure  to  hold  the  court,  all  process,  pleadings  and  pro- 
ceedings, of  what  nature  soever,  pending  before  the  said  court, 
shall  be  continued  of  course. 

Sec.  1.  There  shall  be  a  marshal  and  one  or  more  clerks  ap- 
pointed for  each  court — the  marshal  by  the  President  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  the  clerks  by  the  judge  of  said  court — 
and  said  clerks  shall  not  be  connected  with  the  said  judge  by 
blood  or  marriage,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  during  the  pro- 


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visional  government,  subject  to  removal  by  the  said  judge. 
They  shall  each  take  the  oath  or  affirmation  prescribed  in  the 
constitution,  and  for  the  faithful  discharge  of -the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices.  They  shall  each  give  bond  with  sureties,  to 
be  be  approved  by  the  judge,  for  the  faithful  discharge  of  their 
respective  duties,  in  the  penalty  and  for  the  amount  which  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  judge;  but  that  of  the  marshal  in  no 
instance  shall  be  less  than  twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  mar- 
shal may  appoint  as  many  deputies  as  may  lie  aecessary,  for 
whose  acts  he  and  his  sureties  shall  be  bound  as  fur  his  own. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal  to  attend  the 
court  when  sitting  in  his  district  :  and  the  marshal  of  the  dis- 
trict in  which  the  Supreme  Court  shall  be  held  shall  attend  the 
sessions  of  said  court.  Tie  shall,  by  himself  or  his  deputy,  exe- 
cute throughout  his  district  all  lawful  precepts  directed  t<>  him 
and  issued  under  the  authority  of  the  Confederate  Stal 
lie  shall  have  power  to  command  a  posse  comitofats  in  the  exe- 
cution of  his  duty. 

Sec.  '!.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  eases  in  which 
the  marshal  or  his  deputy  shall  be  a  party,  the  writs  and  pre- 
cepts therein  shall  be  directed  to  some  disinterested  person,  to 
be  appointed  by  the  court  or  judge  thereof,  and  such  person  is 
hereby  authorized  to  execute  and  return  the  same.  And  in  case 
of  the  death.,  resignation  or  removal  of  any  marshal,  his  deputy 
or  deputies  shall  continue  in  office.,  unless  otherwise  removed, 
and  shall  execute  the  same  in  the  name  of  the  deceased,  r 
or  removed  marshal,  until  another  marshal  shall  be  appointed 
ami  qualified  ;  and  the  defaults  or  misfeasances  in  office 
deputy  or  deputies  in  the  meantime,  as  well  as  before,  shall  he 
adjudged  a  breach  of  the  condition  of  the  bond  given  as  before 
directed  by  the  marshal  who  appointed  them  ;  and  the  executor 
or  administrator  of  the  deceased  marshal  shall  have  like  remedy 
for  the  defaults  and  misfeasances  in  office  of  such  deputy  or 
deputies,  during  such  interval,  as  the  marshal  would  lie  entitled 
to  if  he  had  continued  in  life  or  in  office  and  in  the  exercise  of 
his  said  office  until  his  successor  was  appointed  and  qualified; 
and  every  marshal  or  deputy,  when  remov.  d  from  office,  or 
when  the  term  for  which  the  marshal  is  appointed  shall  expire, 
shall  have  power,  notwithstanding,  to  execute  all  such  precepts 
ami  process  as  may  be  in  their  hand  respectively  at  the  time   of 


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such  removal  or  expiration  of  office,  until  the  next  term  of  the 
court  ;  and  the  marshal  shall  be  held  answerable  for  the  deliver) 
to  his  successor  of  all  prisoners  which  may  be  in  his  custody  at 
the  time  of  his  removal  <>r  resignation.  <>r  when  the  term  for 
which  he  is  appointed  shall  expire,  and  for  that  pnrpose  may 
retain  such  prisoners  in  his  custody  until  his  successor  shall  he 
appointed  and  qualified  as  the  law  directs;  or  he  may  deliver 
his  prisoners  to  the  keeper  of  one  of  the  jails  of  the  state  in 
which  he  is  marshal,  in  cases  where  hy  law  of  such  state  it  is 
made  the  duty  ofjailoi'8  to  receive  them. 

SEC  7.  All  writs  and  process,  either  mesne  or  final,  which 
shall  issue  lVom  the  Supreme  Court,  shall  hear  test  in  the  name 

of  either  of  the  judges  thereof;  and  ill  issued  from  the  district 
COtirt  shall  hear  test  of  the  judge  of  such  court,  and  shall  he 
under  the  seal  of  the  court  from  whence  they  ISSUe,  and  he 
by  tli"  clerk  thereof.  The  seals  of  the  Supreme  and 
district  courts  to  be  provided  by  the  respective  judges  of  the 
same. 

g  .  8.  The  judge  of  each  district  shall  appoint  the  times  and 
places  of  holding  the  courts  in  his  district,  and  where,  under  the 
laws  of  the  United  States,  his  state  was  divided  into  two  or 
more  districts}  be  shall  annually  hold  not  less  than  two  terms  of 
his  court  in  each  of  these  districts,  as   they   existed  on  the   first 

day  of  November,  18(50.    But  in  Louisiana  he  shall  only  be 

required  to  hold  his  court  OUt  of  New  Orleans  at  such  time1  or 
times  as  he  may  consider  the  public  interest  requires  him  to  do, 
and  the  Counties,  districts  or  parishes  which  constitute  the  di- 
visions of  his  district,  shall  be  the  same  as  those  which  consti- 
tuted the  districts  under  the  laws  aforesaid. 

g]    .  9,     The  said  judges,  before  they  proceed  to  execute  the 

duties  of  their  respective  offices,  shall  take  the  oath  or  affirma- 
tion prescribed  in  the  constitution,  and  shall  also  swear  or  affirm 

to  administer  justice  without  respect  to  persons,  and  to  do  equal 
right  to  the  poor  and  to  the  rich,  and  faithfully  and  impartially 
t<,  perform  and  discharge  all  the  duties  of  his  office  agreeably 
to  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  the 
hest  of  his  ability. 

Skc  10.  The  district  courts  shall  ha,ve  jurisdiction-,  concur- 
rent with  the  courts  of  the  several  states,  of  all  civil  suits  at 
common  law  or  in  equity  where  the  matter  in  dispute,  exclusive 
of  costs,  exceeds  the  sum  or  value  ot  five  thousand  dollars,  and 


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where  the  character  of  the  parties  is  such  as  by  the  constitution 
to  authorize  said  court  to  entertain  jurisdiction.  But  no  person 
shall  be  arrested  or  summoned  in  any  such  suit  in  one  division 
of  district  for  trial  in  another;  and  no  civil  suit  shall  be  brought 
before  any  of  said  courts  against  an  inhabitant  of  the  Con- 
federate States  by  any  original  process  in  any  other  district 
than  that  of  which  he  is  an  inhabitant,  nor  shall  any  district 
court  have  cognizance  of  any  suit  to  recover  the  contents  of 
any  promissory  note  or  other  chose  in  action  in  favor  of  an 
or  transferee,  unless  a  suit  might  have  been  prosecuted 
in  such  court  to  recover  such  contents  if  no  assignment  or 
■  had  been  made,  except  in  cases  of  foreign  bills  of  ex- 
chan| 

Sec.  11.  Upon  joint  hills,  bonds,  notes  or  obligations,  suits 
may  be  broughl  agaujsl  any  one  or  more  of  the  parties,  except 
that  separate  suits  shall  not  be  brought  against  joint  parties 
thereto  residing  in  the  same  district;  and  when  several  actions 
shall  be  brought  against  persons  who  might  be  legally  joined  in 
one  action,  the  plaintiff,  if  judgment  be  given  in  his  favor,  shall 
not  recover  the  costs  of  more  than  one  action. 

Sii  .  12.  Suits  in  equity  shall  not  be  sustained  in  any  of  the 
courts  oi'  the  Confederate  Mates  in  any  case  where  plain,  ade- 
quate remedy  may  be  had  at  law.  And  in  any  state  in  winch 
there  is  or  may  be  no  separate  court  of  equity,  the  district  court 
shall  administer  and  decide  on  matters  of  equity  according  to 
the  course  of  practice  in  the  courts  of  such  state. 

1 :'».  The  laws  of  the  several  states,  except  where  the  con- 
stitution, treaties  or  statutes  of  the  Confederate  States  shall 
otherwise  require  or  provide,  shall  be  regarded  as  rules  of  de- 
cision in  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  cases  where 
they  apply.  And  where  the  decision  of  the  highest  court  in  a 
state  has  become  a  rule  of  property,  the  same  shall  be  adopted 
as  a  rule  in  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  i 
which  the  laws  vt'  such  state  apply. 

Sec.  14.  Except  the  style,  the  forms  of  Avrits  and  executions 
and  other  process,  ami  the  forms  and  modes  of  proceeding  in 
the  progress  and  trial  of  suits,  and  in  enforcing  the  judg- 
ments in  the  district  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  in  cases 
at  law,  shall  he  the  same  in  each  of  said  states  respectively  as 
arc  now  in  use  in  the  highest  court  of  original  general  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  same  ;  and  in  proceedings  in  equity,  according  to 


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the  principles,  laws  ami  rules  which  govern  i 

such  state  And  whenever  any  state  shall, by  law,  chang 
forms  or  modes  of  proceedings  in  Us  own  courts,  such  change 
shall  be  applicable  to  the  forms  and  modes  of  procei  ding  in  ilic 
said  district  courts  held  in  such  state,  unless  Congress  shall 
otherwise  provide  by  law.  And  the  said  district  courts  shall 
likewise  have  power  to  grant  new  trials. 

Sec.  15.  The  costs  and  fees  of  clerks  and  marshals  in  the  said 
district  courts  shall  be  the  same  in  all  cases,  both  ci\  il  and  crim- 
inal, as  are  allowed  by  the  law  of  the  state  in  which  such  court 
is  held,  for  similar  services,  to  the  officers  of  such  state  in  the 
highest  court  of  original  jurisdiction  therein,  except  that  the 
marshal  shall  he  entitled  to  mileage  at  the  rate  offive  cents  per 
mile  for  the  service  of  process  on  persons  residing  out  of  the 
county,  district  or  parish  in  which  the  court  is  holdenj  such 
mileage  to  be  computed  for  the  distance  actually  travelled  in  the 
service  of  such  process,  upon  the,  most  direct  route,  computed 
from  the  place  of  holding  such  court  ;  and  if  there  b<  more  than 
one  defendant  in  the  same  case  in  one  county,  but  one  charge 
for  mileage  shall  be  made. 

Sec.  16.  Both  the  district  and  supreme  courts,  and  the  judges 
thereof,  out  of  term,  shall  have  power  to  issue  writs  of  injunc- 
tion,  scire  facias  and  habeas  corpus^  and  all  other  writs  not 
specially  provided  for  by  the  statute  which  may  be  necessary 
for  the  exercise  of  their  respective  jurisdiction  and  agreeable  to 
the  principles  and  usages  of  law;  Provided,  That  writs  of 
habeas  corpus  shall  in  no  case  extend  to  prisoners,  unless  when 
they  are  in  custody  under  or  by  virtue  of  the  authority  of  the 
Confederate  Stales. 

Skc.  it.  The  rules  for  taking  ,the  depositions  of  any  witi 
in  a  case  at  law  whose;  attendance  cannot  be  procured,  shall  be 
ic  as  are  in  force  by  law  in  the  highest  court  of  original 
jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  such  depositions  are  to  be 
used:  and  they  shall  be  read  in  evidence  upon  (he  trial  of  tin- 
cause,  subject  to  all  legal  exceptions  to  which  they  would  be 
liable  in  the  said  court  of  the  state.  Xo  witness,  under  any 
eircumstauees,  shall  he  compelled  to  attend  a  court  in  a  civil 
cause  in  any  other  district  or  division  than  that  in  which  lie 
resides  ;  and  where  ids  attendance  cannot  he  procured,  his 
deposition  may  he  taken.  In  suits  iu  equity,  deposition  shall  be 
taken  under  a  commission  issued  under  the  seal  of  the  court,  in 


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the  same  manner  ami  under  the  same  rules  and  regulations  in 
and  by  which  depositions  may  be  taken  in  the  highest  court  of 
,l  equity  jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  such  deposi- 
tions are  to  be  used,  and  when  30  taken  they  shall  be  read  upon 
the  hearing  of  (she  cause,  if  subject  to  no  legal  exception;  and 
the  said  district  courts  may  also,  on  application  thereto  as  a 
court  of  equity,  direct  depositions  to  be  taken  to  perpetuate  tes- 
timony relating  to  matters  cognizable  in  any  court  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  such  depositions  to  lie  taken  according  to  the  law 
and  practice  in  the  state  in  which  the  Order  is  made;  Provided, 
That  in  Louisiana  and  Texas  depositions  may  in  all  ca  eg  he 
taken  according  to  the  laws  regulating  the  practice  of  the  high- 
i  >t  courts  of  original  jurisdiction  in  those  state-. 

Si:c  IS.  The  judges  of  the  several  district  courts  may,  each 
for  his  own  district,  appoint  as  many  commissioners  as  he  may 
ary,  to  administer  oaths  and  take  acfenowl  Igments 
of  deeds  or  other  papers  and  take  depositions,  which  acts  of 
such  commissioner  shall  have  the  .same  force  and  effect  in  all 
the  Confederate  States  and  the  courts  thereof  as  if  don  •  by  a 
judge  of  such  court.  And  any  person  swearing  falsely  in  any 
oath  or  matter  before  such  commissioner,  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  liable  to  the  same  punishment  as  if  the  oath  had  been  made 
before  such  judge.  And  the  same  fees  shall  be  allowed  such 
commissioner  as  are  allowed  for  similar  services  by  the  laws  of 
the  state  in  which  they  are  performed.  All  the  powers  and 
authority  conferred  on  commissioners  in  and  by  the  preceding 
clause  an-  hereby  vested  in  and  may  he  exercised  by  any  legally 
appointed  notary  public  in  any  of  the  Confederate  States. 

10.  Iti  all  the  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  the  par- 
ties shall  have  a  right  to  be  heard  either  by  themselves  or 
counsel. 

Si.v.  20.  "Where  judgments  are  a  mortgage  or  lien  upon  the 
property  of  a  defendant  in  any  ot  the  states,  they  shall  have  the 
same  effect  or  lien  when  rendered  in  one  of  the  district  courts 
of  the  Confederate  States  as  if  rendered  in  a  state  court,  and 
be  subject  to  the  same  rules  as  to  enrollment  or  recording  of 
judgments  or  abstracts  of  judgments.  And  the  lien  of  execu- 
tions -hall  be  the  same  as  in  the  courts  of  the  state  where  such 
distrid  court  sits.  u  But  in  all  cases  ot  conflict  between  levies 
of  process  from  the  state  and  federal  courts,  the  first  levy  shall 
have  priorfty." 


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Sic.  21.  The  mode  of  proof  by  oral  testimony  and  oxamina 
tion  of  witnesses  in  open  OOnrt  in  trials  at  law  shall  be  the  same 
in  the  said  district  courts  a>  iii  the  court  of  the  highest  original 
jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  such  trial  take-'  place;  and 
the  compensation  of  witnesses  shall  likewise  he  the  same.  The 
rules  to  determine  the  competency  of  w  itnesses  shall  also  be 
the  same. 

Sac.  22.  In  any  suit  depending  in  any  of  the  courts  of  the 
Confederate  States,  if  either  of  the  parties  should  die  and  the 
cause  of  action  should  survive,  such  suit  may  be  revived  in  the 
same  maimer  as  in  similar  cases  in  the  COUTtS  of  the  highest 
original  jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  the  cause  is  pending; 
and  when  there  are  two  or  more  plaintiffs  and  defendants,  and 
one  or  more  of  them  should  die,  the  suits  shall  not  be  thereby 
abated,  but  such  death  being  suggested  on  the  record,  the  suit 
may  then  proceed  in  the  name  of  the  survivor  or  survivors;  or 
where  the  law  of  any  state  permits  the  representative  of  the- 
deceased  to  be  joined  hi  such  suit,  the  same  may  he  done  in  the 
district  court  ;  or  if  the  cause  should  be  pending  in  the  Supreme 
Court,  then  it  may  be  revived  by  scire  facias  again  si  the  execu- 
tor or  administrator,  issued  from  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  such, 
court,  returnable  to  the  next  term  thereof,  and  duly  served  by 
the  marshal  twenty  days  before  the  sitting  of  such  court. 

Sec.  23.  The  said  district  court  shall  have  power  in  the  trial 
of  actions  at  law,  on  motion  and  due  notice  thereof,  to  requite 
the  parties  to  produce  books  or  writings  in  their  possession  or 
power  which  contain  evidence  pertinent,  to  the  issue;  and  if  the 
plaintiff  shall  fail  to  comply  with  such  order,  judgment  of  non- 
suit rhay  be  given  against  him;  and  if  the  defendant  shall  so 
fail,  then  judgment  by  default  may  be  rendered  against  him. 

Sec.  24.  The  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  have 
power  to  inflict  punishment  for  contempts  of  court  ;  hut  such 
power  shall  not-  be  construed  to  extend  to  any  eases  except  mis- 
behavior in  the  presence  of  the  court,  or  so  near  thereto  as  to 
obstruct  the  administration  of  justice,  the  misbehavior  of  any 
of  the  officers  of  said  court  in  their  official  transactions,  and  the 
disobedience,  resistance  or  obstruction,  by  any  person  whatso- 
ever, of  the  process,  order,  rule,  decree  or  command  of  said 
courts;  but  such  punishment  shall  not  exceed  the  imposition  oi 
a  tine  of  one  hundred  dollars  and  imprisonment  during  the  term 
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Sec.  25.  Jurors,  in  all  cases,  to  serve  iu  the  courts  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  shall  have  the  like  qualifications)  Mid  beentitled 
to  the  like  exemptions,  as  jurors  in  the  highest  court  oi  original 
jurisdiction  of  the  state  in  which  the  district  court  is  held,  and 
shall  be  selected  by  lot  or  Otherwise,  according  to  the  form  and 
mode  of  forming  such  juries  in  the  courts  of  the  State,  in  so  far 
as  such  mode  may  be  practicable;  and  for  this  purpose,  the 
district  courts  shall  have  power  to  make  all  rules  and  regula- 
tions necessary  to  conform  to  the  selection  and  ompanneling  of 
juries  to  the  laws  of  the  state,  so  as  to  secure  an  impartial  trial, 
without  needless  expense,  and  without  undue  burden  to  the 
citizens  of  any  part  of  the  district.  And  when  from  any  cause 
there  shall  not  be  a  jury  to  determine  any  criminal  or  civil  case, 
the  court  may  direct  a  jury  to  be  summoned  of  the  bystanders 
to  complete  the  pannel.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  judge, 
thirty  days  before  the  holding  of  the  first  court  in  his  district 
under  this  law,  to  direct  the  marshal  in  what  manner  and  to 
what  extent  to  summons  jurors  for  such  court. 

The  compensation  to  jurors  in  both  civil  and  criminal  cases 
shall  he  the  same  as  is  allowed  to  jurors  in  courts  of  the  highest 
original  jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  such  court  is  held; 
and  if  iu  such  state  coma  there  be  no  allowance  for  mileage,  the 
jurors  shall  be  allowed  live  cents  per  mile  for  travelling  from 
their  respective  places  oi'  abode  to  the  place  where  the  court  is 
holden,  and  the  same  for  returning. 

Sec,  26.  In  all  suits  on  bonds,  agreements,  or  specialities  for 
penalties  or  breach  of  covenant,  the  amount  recovered  by  the 
default  or  confession  of  the  defendant,  or  upon  demurrer,  shall 
be  the  sum  actually  due  ;  and  when  the  sum  for  which  judgment 
is  rendered  i«  uncertain,  the  same  shall  be  assessed  by  a  jury. 
On  all  judgments  in  civil  cases  for  the  payment  of  money,  inter- 
est shall  be  allowed  at  such  rate  as  is  allowed  upon  judgments 
rendered  in  the  highest  court  of  original  jurisdiction  in  the 
state  in  which  such  district  court  sits. 

Sec:  27.  Eyery  mistake,  omission,  defect  or  imperfection  in 
the  process,  declaration,  pleading,  or  any  of  the  proceedings  in 
any  cause,  or  in  the  judgment,  shall  be  amended  from  time  to 
tine',  at  the  instance  of  either  party,  according  to  the  several 
statutes  of  amendments  or  jeofails  in  the  state  in  which  the 
court  sits,  so  as  to  secure  a  trial  upon  the  merits,  and   that  jus- 


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ti ■■••  maj  be  done,  subject  to  any  rule  for  the  costs  of  amend- 
ment which  the  judge  may  impose. 

Seo,  28.    Where,  in  any  state,  there  are  two  or  niore  divisions 
oJ  tin-  district  court,  all  writs  of  execution  upon  any  judgment 
rendered  in  the  court  of  cither  Sivisiori  may  run  and  be  e\ 
in  any  pari  of  sneh  State,  but  shall  be  issued  and  made  returna- 
ble to  the  court  in  which  the  judgment  was   rendered. 

28,    A  wril  of  eiTOr,  when  authorized  by  law  to  operate 

aa  a  supersedeas  and  tfay  of  execution,  shall  only  have  that  effect 
when  a  copy  thereof  and  citation  have  been  served  on  the  ad- 
verse party  or  his  counsel  of  record ;  hut  no  execution  shall 
issue  in  less  than  ten  days  from  the  rendition  of  the  judgment 
or  decree,  unless  upon  affidavit  made,  showing  a  necessity 
therefor; 

Sac.  30.  Should  the  marshal  or  clerk  fail  to  pay  over  to  the 
party  entitled  thereto,  or  to  his  attorney  of  feoOrd,  upon  demand 
made,  any  money  which  may  have  come  to  his  hands  l>y  virtue 
of  any  order  or  process  of  the  court,  such  money,  With  legal 
interest  and  ten  per  cent,  damages,  may  he  recovered  from  him 
and  his  sureties  in  official  bond,  Upon  motion  and  three  days* 
notice  in  the  court  of  which  he  is  marshal  or  clerk. 

Sec.  31.  There  shall  he  appointed  in  each  of  the  districts,  by 
the  President,  a  meet  person,  learned  in  the  law,  to  act  as  attor- 
ney for  the  Confederate  States  in  such  district,  who  shall  be 
sworn  or  affirmed  to  the  faithful  performance  of  Ins  duty  in 
office,  and  to  support  the  constitution;  and  it  shall  he  his  duty 
to  prosecute,  in  such  district,  all  delinquents  for  crimes  and 
offences  cognizable  in  such  COuVt  under  tin*  laws  of  tic  Con- 
federate States,  and  to  prosecute  or  defend  all  civil  actions  in 
which  the  Confederate  States  shall  he  concerned,  except  before 
the  Supreme  Court,  in  the  district  in  which  that  court  shall  bo 
holden.  And  he  shall  receive  as  compensation  for  his  sei 
salary  of  two  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly, 
and    ten    dollars    per  diem    for   every  day  that    he  is  engaged  in 

attending  said  court,  together  with  such  fees  as  shall  hereafter 

he  prescribed  by  law.  And  where  there  are  three  divisions  in 
the  district  for  which  he  is  appointed,  he  shall  he  allowed  mile- 
age, at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per  mile,  for  going  to  and  returning 
from  the  court  which  is  most  distant  from  his  place  of  residence, 
to  he  computed  on  the  most  usual  line  of  travel;  and  in  case  of 
the  absence  of  such  attorney  from  any  term  of  the  court,  the 


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presiding  judge  may  appoint  a  fit  person  to  act  for  him  for  the 
term. 

Sec.  32.  Whenever  a  marshal  shall  sell  any  Ian  Is  or  tene- 
ments by  virtue  of  any  process  in  his  hands,  and  shall  die,  or  in 
any  manner  go  out  of. office  before  making  a  deed  to  the  same. 
the  court  to  which  the  process  is  returnable  may,  upon  written 
application  and  notice  thereof  to  the  plaintiff  and  defendant,  or 
their  counsel,  and  upon  a  statement  and  proof  of  the  facts, 
direct  his  successor  to  make  the  necessary  deed  therefor  upon  the 
payment  of  any  purchase  money  or  costs  remaining  unpaid. 

S3.  In  any  civil  case  in  any  of  the  courts  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,  the  plaintiff" may,  upon  motion,  be  required  to  give 
security  for  the  costs,  upon  such  terms  as  the  court  by  its  rules 
may  prescribe;  and  if  he,  should  fail  to  comply  within  the  time 
allowed,  the  suit  shall  be  dismissed  at  the  next  term,  unless  good 
cause  be  shown  against  it.  And  the  said  district  courts  shall 
have  power,  from  time  to  time,  to  make  all  needful  rules  for  the 
conduct  and  dispatch  of  business  therein,  not  inconsistent  with 
the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  Confederate  State.--,  or  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  34.  The  laws. of  the  several  states  abolishing  imprison- 
ment for  debt,  and  providing  relief  for  debtors  held  in  custody, 
shall  take  effect  in  favor  of  all  persons  held  in  custody  for  debt 
under  the  process  of  the  federal  courts  of  the  Confederacy. 

35.  And  beit  further  enacted,  That  the  said  district 
courts  shall  have  exclusive  cognizance  of  all  crimes  and.  offences 
cognizable  under  the  authority  of  the  Confederate  States,  except 
where  the  laws  of  said  Confederate  States  shall  otherwise  pro- 
vide. 

Sec.  36.  The  said  courts,  in  term,  shall  have  power  to  direct 
a  grand  jury  to  be  summoned  and  empanneled,  whenever  in  its 
judgment  it  may  be  propi  r  to  do  so,  and  at  such  time  as  it,  may 
direct.  After  such  jury  is  empanneled  the  proceedings  shall 
conform,  as  nearly  as  may  be,  to  the  law  and  practice  of  the 
court  of  the  highest  original  criminal  jurisdiction  in  the  state 
where  such  district  court  is  held.  But  no  grand  jury  shall  he 
summoned,  unless  upon  the  order  of  the  judge  or  court,  and  if 
made  by  the  judge  out  of  term,  shall  be  in  writing,  under  his 
hand  and  seal. 

Sec.  37.     Until  otherwise'  provided  by  law  of  Congress,  the 

laws  of  the  Tinted  States  in  regard  to  crimes  and  offences,  and 


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mode  of  procedure,  practice  and  trial  in  all  criminal  cases, 

shall  be  ill  force  and  form  the   rule    of  practice    and  decision   in 

the  district  courts  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  where  there  is 
no  such  law  governing  the  practice,  then  the  rule  and  course 

shall  ciint'. nn  as  nearly  as  practicable  to  the  practice  established 
by  law  of  the  statecourl  of  highest  original  jurisdiction  in  which 
the  said  district  court  sits.  And  this  provision  shall  extend  to 
the  rules  of  evidence  and   mode  of-examining  witnesses   in   such 

cases. 

Sbi  .  88.  Writs  of  error  or  appeals  to  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  Confederate  States  shall  be  allowed  the  accused  in  all  cases 
in  which  the  punishment  or  penalty,  upon  conviction,  is  death  or 

imprisonment  in  the  penitentiary,  in  the  same  manner  and  upon 
the  same  terms  as  are  allowed  in  courts  of  high  esl  original  crim- 
inal jurisdiction  in  the  state  in  which  8UCD  district  court  is 
holden;  and  the  remedy  upon  any  bond  given  in  such  case, 
shall  he  the  same  as  in  the  courts  of  the  state  from  which  such 
appeal  or  writ,  of  error  is  taken.  Such  writ  of  error  shall  Ope- 
rate as  a  stay  to  the  execution  of  the  sentence  or  judgment, 
upon  the  execution  of  such  bond  as  may  he  required  by  the 
state  law  in  similar  cases  ;  and  if  such  sentence  or  judgment 
shall  be  affirmed,  and  the  time  for  executing  the  same  shall  have 
passed,  the  Supreme  Court  shall  give,  such  judgment  or  pro- 
nounce such   sentence   as    the    law    prescribes,   and    appoint   the 

time  and  place  for  carrying  the  same  into  effect  by  the  marshal 
of  the  court  from  which  said  writ  ol*  error  emanated. 

Sec.  39.  The  said  district  courts  shall  have  original  eogni- 
if  all  civil  causes  of  admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction, 
including  all  seizures  under  the  revenue  laws  or  laws  of  naviga- 
tion and  trade  of  the  Confederate  States,  when  the  seizures  or 
cause  of  complaint  arises  on  waters  which  are  navigable  from 
the  sea  by  vessels  of  one  hundred  or  more  tons  burden,  within 
pective  districts  as  well  as  upon  the  high  seas  ;  saving  to 
suitors  in  all  eases  the  right  of  a  common  law  remedy,  where 
the  remedy  at  common  law  is  ample  ami  complete.  And  said 
district  courts,  as  courts  of  admiralty,  shall  hi'  deemed  always 
Open  for  the  purpose  ol'  filing  libels,  petitions,  answers  and  other 
pleadings,  for  issuing  and  returning  mesne  and  final  process  and 
commissions,  and  for  making  all  interlocutory  orders  or  rules 
which  may  he  necessary. 

And  the  laws  of  the  United  States  and  the   rules  of  court  in 


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reference  to  admiralty  proceedings  in  force  in  the  admiralty 
courts  of  the  United  States  of  America  on  the  twentieth  day  of 
December,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  Bixty,  so  far  as 
the  same  may  be  applicable,  and  are  not  inconsistent  with  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  arc  hereby  con- 
tinued in  full  force  and  efleot  in  tin-  courts  of  the  Confederate 
States,  until  altered  or  repealed  by  law. 

Sbc.  40.  Final  judgments  and  decress  in  civil  actions,  and 
final  decrees  in  equity  in  a  district  court,  where  the  matter  in 
dispute  exceeds  in  value  the  sum  of  live  thousand  dollars,  ex- 
clusive of  costs,  may  lie  re-examined  and  reversed  or  affirmed 
upon  a  writ  of  error  in  the  Supreme  Court,  the  citation  in  such 
case  being  signed  by  a  judge  of  the  district  court,  or  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  and  the  adverse  party  having  at  least  thirty 
days' notice.  "Writs  of  error  shall  not  be  brought  but  within 
two  years  after  rendering  or  passing  the  judgmenl  or  decree 
complained  of,  or  in  ease  the  person  entitled  to  such  writ  of 
[error]  hi'  an  infant,  femme  covert,  non  compos  mentis  or  im- 
prisoned, then  within  two  years,  as  aforesaid,  exclusive  of  the 
time  of  such  disability.  And  every  judge  signing  a  citation  or 
any  writ  of  error,  as  aforesaid,  shall  take  bond,  ami  good  and 
sufficient  sureties,  that  the  plaintiff  shall  prosecute  his  writ  with 
effect,  and  answer  all  costs  if  he  fail  to  make  good  hi^  idea;  and 
no  writ  of  error  shall  operate  as  a  supersedeas  and  stay  of  exe- 
cution, unless  such  bond  be  with  sureties  and  of  sufficient 
amount  to  secure  the  whole  judgment,  if  it  be  affirmed,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  costs. 

And  the  said  court  or  the  judges  thereof,  shall  have  power 
to  appoint  a  clerk,  who  shall  take  the  oath  prescribed  for  the 
clerks  of  the  district  courts,  and  give  bond  for  the  faithful  dis- 
charge ot  his  duty,  in  such  .amount  as  said  court  may  direct, 
whose  let's  shall  be  the  same  as  those  now  allowed  to  the  clerks 
of  the  Supreme  Courts  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  41.  Where,  upon  such  writ  of  error,  the  Supreme  Court 
shall  affirm  a  judgment  or  decree,  they  may  adjudge  or  decree 
to  the  defendant  in  error  just  damages  for  his  delay,  not  exceed- 
ing ten  per  cent,  per  annum — but  such  damages  shall  only  be 
given  when  it  is  manifest  to  the  court  that  the  appeal  or  writ  of 
error  was  taken  for  delay — and  all  costs.  The  Supreme  Court 
shall  not  issue  executions  in  causes  that  are  removed  before 
them  by  writs  of  error,  but  shall  send  a  special  mandate  to  the 


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district  court  to  award  executions  therenpon,  including  lawful 
corning  upon  such  appeal. 

:_'.  From  .-ill  final  judgments  or  degrees  which  may  be 
rendered  in  any  district  count  in  any  cases  of  equity,  of  admi- 
rality  and  maritime  jurisdiction,  and  of  prize  or  no  prize,  an  ap- 
peal, where  the  matter  in  dispute,  exclusive  of  COStS,  exceeds 
the  sum  or  value  of  five  thousand  dollars  in  equity,  or  of  five 
hundred  dollars  in  courts  of  admirality  and  maritime  jurisdic- 
tion, shall  he  allowed  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  upon  such  ap- 
peal, a  transcript  of  the  libel,  hill,  answer,  depositions  and  all 
other  proceedings  of  what  kind  soever  in  the  cause,  shall  he 
transmitted  to  the  said  Supreme  Court;  and  no  new  evidence 
shall  he  received  in  the  said  court  on  the  hearing  of  Mich  ap- 
peal; and  such  appeals  shall  he  subject  to  the  same  rules,  regu- 
lations, and  restrictions  as  are  pivscrihed  in  law  in  ca.se  of  Writs 
of  error;  and  the  said  Supreme  Court  shall  he  and  hereby  is 
authorized  and  required  to  receive,  hear  and  determine  such  ap- 
peals: Provided  always,  That  appeals  or  writs  oi  error  in  any 
case  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  Confederacy,  from  existing 
judgments  or  decrees,  may  he  taken  under  the  same  rules  and 
regulations  required  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States  for  ap- 
peals or  writs  of  error  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  existing  at  the  time  the  said  judgment  or  degrees  were 
rendered. 

Sec.  i'-'>.  The  Supreme  Court  shall  have  power  from  time  to 
time  to  make  all  such  rules  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem  need- 
ful for  the  orderly  and  correct  dispatch  of  cases  not  inconsistent 
with  the  rules  of  law,  ami  this  power  shall  extend  both  to  origi- 
nal and  appellate  causes  therein.  In  all  cases  in  the  Supreme 
Court  where  there  is  an  equal  division  of  opinion  among  the 
judges  thereof,  and  the  court  is  not  full,  there  shall  be  awarded 
a  re-argument  before  a  full  court.  II'  there  be  such  division 
when  the  court  is  full,  then  the  judgment  of  the  court  below 
shall  he  affirmed. 

Sec.  4t.   The  Supreme  Court- shall  have  original  jurisdiction 

of  all  controversies  of  a  civil  nature  where  a  state  is  a  party,  ex- 
cept between  a  state  and  its  citizens,  or  citizens  of  any  other 
State  or  nation.  It  shall  also  have  exclusively  all  such  jurisdic- 
tion of  suits  or  proceedings  against  ambassadors  or  other  public 
ministers,  or  their  servants,  as  a  court  of  law  can  have  0 
cise  consistently  with  the  law  of  nations,  and  original   hut  not 


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exclusive  jurisdiction  of  all  suits  brought  by  ambassadors  or 
other  public  ministers,  or  in  which  a  consul  or  vice-consul  shall 
be  a  party.  And  the  trial  of  issues  in  fact  in  the  Supreme  Court, 
in  all  actions  at  law  against  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States, 
shall  be  by  jury,  and  it  shall  have  power  to  issue  writs  of  pro- 
hibit ion  to  the  district  courts,  when  proceeding  as  courts  of  admi. 
rality  and  maritime  jurisdiction,  and  writs  of  mandamus,  in 
cases  warranted  by  the  principles  and  usages  of  law,  to  any 
courts  appointed  under  the  authority  of  the  Confederate  Slates, 

Sec.  4.").  II,  ii  further  enacted,  That  a  final  judgmentor  de- 
cree in  any  suit,  in  the  highest  court  of  law  or  equity  of  a  state 
in  which  a  decision  in  the  suit  could  be  had,  Where  is  drawn  in 
question  the  validity  of  a  treaty  or  statute*  of,  or  an  authority 
exercised  under  the  Confederate  States: 

Or  where  is  drawn  in  question  the  validity  of  a  statute  of,  or 
an  authority  exercised  under  any  state,  on  the  ground  of  their 
being  repugnant  to  the  constitution,  treaties  or  laws  of  the  Con- 
federate Si: 

Or  where  is  drawn  in  question  the  construction  of  any  clause 
of  the  constitution,  or  of  a  treaty,  or  statue  or  commission  held 
under  the  Confederate  States  \ 

In  each  of  these  causes  the  decision  may  be  re-examined,  and 
reversed  or  affirmed  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Confederate 
States,  upon  a  writ  of  error,  the  citation  being  signed  by  any 
judge  of  the  said  Supreme  Court,  in  the  same  manner  and  under 
the  same  regulations,  and  with  the  like  effect  as  if  the  judgment 
or  decree  complained  of  had  been  rendered  or  passed  in  a  dis- 
trict court,  of  the  Confederate  States;  and  the  proceeding  upon 
reversal  shall  be  the  same,  except  that  the  Supreme  Court, 
instead  oi'  remanding  the  case  for  a  final  decision,  may  at  their 
discretion,  if  the  cause  shall  have  once  been  remanded  before, 
proceed  to  a  final  decision  of  the  same  and  award  execution. 
But  no  other  error  shall  be  assigned  or  regarded  as  a  ground  oi 
reversal  in  any  such  case  as  aforesaid  than  such  as  appears  in 
the  fiee  of  the  record,  and  immediately  respects  the  beforemen- 
tioned  question  of  validity  or  construction  of  the  said  constitu- 
tion, treaties,  statutes,  commissions  or  authorities  in  dispute. 

Sac.  46.  All  judgments,  orders  and  decree's  made  by  any  state 
court  since  the  date  of  the  secession  of  such  state,  upon  any 
subject  or  matter  which  before  such  secession  was  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  courts  of  the  United  States,  shall  have  the 


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judgments,  orders  and  decrees  of  the  courts 
herein  established,  with  the  privilege  of  either  parly  to  appeal 
or  sue  out  a  writ  of  error. 

Sbc.  47.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  all  the  records,  pa- 
pers, dockets,  depositions  and  judicial  proceedings  of  every  kind 
appertaining  to  any  suit  now  pending  in  the  circuit  or  district 
courts  of  the  United  States,  within  any  of  thestatesof  the  Con- 
federacy, shall  be  transferred  to  the  district  court  of  the  Cd# 
federate  States  of  America  in  the  same  state  and  district  in  which 
ie  was  pending;  and  the  late  olerk  of  s&id  of  eaidcouri  or 
district  courts,  or  other  persons  in  whose  custody  said  records, 
papers,  dockets,  depositions  and  judicial  proceedings  may  be, 
shall  deliver  the  same  to  the  clerk  of  the  district  court  to  which 
they  may  be  transferred  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and 
the  same  shall  stand  in  the  same  plight  and  condition  in  which 
they  Mere  in  said  circuit  and  district  courts  respectively,  and 
all  previous  orders  therein  made  shall  have  the  same  effefet. 
And  the  court  to  winch  said  causes  are  hereby  transferred  shall 
proceed  to  hear  and  determine  the  same  according  to  law,  and 
all  dockets,  books,  records,  documents  and  papers  of  every  kind 
pertaining  to  judicial  proceedings  in  any  of  said  courts,  and  to 
suits  heretofore  decided  therein,  and  all  patents,  deeds,  records, 
books  and  papers  pertaining  to  any  land  office  which  may  by 
Jaw  have  been  deposited  with  the  clerk  of  any  of  said  courts  or 
transferred  to  his  office  tor  safe  keeping,  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
clerk  of  the  district  court  for  the  district  in  which  such  court  is 
situated,  and  the  same  shall  be  safely  kept  and  preserved  by 
said  clerk  until  otherwise  provided  by  law.  And  copies  of  any 
such  records  or  other  papers  made  out  by  said  olerk  of  the  dis. 
trict  court  and  authenticated  according  to  law,  shall  have  the 
force  and  eil'eet  given  to  copies  of  other  instruments  of  like 
character  in  such  state,  and  be  admissable  in  evidence  in  all 
in  which  copies  are  admitted  as  evidence  in  the  courts  of 
the  Confederate  Slates:  Provided,  Thai  all  suits  which  shall 
have  been  pending  in  any  of  said  courts  for  the  space  of  five 
years  without  prosecution  shall  be  considered  as  abandoned, 
unless  prosecuted  within  six  months  from  the  time  of  such 
transfer. 

And  the  judgments  in  all  civil  cases  heretofore  rendered  in 
said  circuit  and  district  courts  of  the  United  States  remaining 
unsatisfied,  shall  have  the  same  force  and  eil'eet  which  they  had 


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before  the  secession  of  the  state  in  which  said  court  is  situated, 
and  the  same  proceedings  may  be  had  thereon  in  the  district 
court  of  the  Confederate  States,  by  execution  or  otherwise, 
which  might  have  been  taken  in  the  court  in  which  they  were 
rendered  at  the  time  of  their  rendition.  And  where,  under  any 
Buch  judgment  of  the  circuit  courts  of  the  United  States,  any 
execution  may  have  beep  in  pari  executed  by  levy  on  property 
or  otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of.  the  marshal  or  officer  in 
whose  hands  such  execution  and  property  may  be,  to  turn  over 
the  same  to  the  marshal  of  the  Confederate  States  for  the  dis- 
trict in  which  such  judgment  was  rendered,  and  to  take  his 
receipt  therefor;  and  thereupon  the  said  marshal  shall  pr 
to  dispose  of  the  same  according  to  the  laws  in  force  at  the  time 
Such  judgment  was  rendered,  and  pay  over  the  proceeds  to  the 
party  entitled.  And  new  process  shall  he  issued  in  such  district 
courts  when  requisite ;  but  all  suits  pending  in  said  courts  in 
which  the  United  States  are  plaintiffs  shall  remain  suspended, 
and  no  farther  proceedings  shall  be  had  therein  until  the  inde- 
pendence of  this  Confederacy  shall  be  recognised  by  the  United 
States;  and  execution  of  all  judgments  rendered  in  favor  of  said 
United  States  is  hereby  suspended,  and  all  seizures  on  execu- 
tions heretofore  made  in  behalf  of  the  said  United  States  are 
hereby  declared  to  he  inoperative  and  void,  and  shall  not  be 
renewed  until  recognition  be  made  of  the  independence  of  this 
Confederacy  as  aforesaid.  But  this  section  shall  he  subject  to 
such  disposition  of  the  causes  therein  provided  for  as  has  keen 
made  by  the  several  states  hefore  the  adoption  of  the  Provisional 
Constitution,  unless  said  states  shall  conform  their  legislation  to 
the  provisions  in  this  act  contained. 

Sec.  48.  Where  cases  are  now  pending  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States  upon  appeal  or  writ  of  error,  from  any 
court  of  the  states  now  forming  the  Confederate  States,  it  shall 
he  lawful  for  the  appellant  or  plaintiff  in  error,  at  any  time  within 
twelve  months  from  the  date,  to  dismiss  such  appeal  or  writ  of 
error,  and  file  a  transcript  of  the  record  and  a  copy  of  the  bond 
for  the  appeal  or  writ  of  error  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  thereupon  the  same  shall  he  considered  in 
all  respects  as  if  it  had  been  originally  filed  in  the  said  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall  be  heard  and  deter- 
mined in  said  court  according  to  the  laws  in  force  at  the  time 
said  cause  was  determined  in  the  court  below,  and  the  rights  of 


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.  parties  shall  be  the  same  as  when  said  csai 
taken  up  t<>  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  And  if 
such  canse  shall  not' be  transferred  in  twelve  months  as 
Baid,  then  the  judgment  of  the  court  from  which  the  appeal  or 
writ  of  error  was  taken  shall  be  deemed  final  and  in  all  things 
affirmed.  And  in  case  of  such  transfer,  the  bond  given  for  the 
appeal  <>r  writ  of  error  shall  he  and  remain  in  full  force  in  the 
court  of  the  Confederate  States ;  and  in  cases  where  the  tran- 
scripts of  the  records  have  already  been  printed  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  under  the  rules  thereof,  such  printed, 
copy,  duly  certified  by  the  clerk  of  thai  court,  may  he  tiled  in  the 
Supreme  Court  of  these  Confederate  States,  and  it  shall  not  be 
ary  to  have  a  new  transcript  made  by  the  clerk  of  the 
court  from  which  the  appeal  or  writ  of  error  was  prosecuted. 

Sac.  49.  And  where  there  shall  heretofore  have  been  any 
judgment  or  decree  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States 
in  a  case  from  any  of  the  district  or  circuit  courts  of  the  United 
>r  any  one  of  the  states  now  forming  a  part  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  which  remains  in  force  and  unexecuted,  it 
shall  be  and  it.  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  district  court  of 
such  Confederate  State  and  its  officers  to  carry  into  effect  and 
to  execute  such  judgment  or  decree  according  to  the  mandate 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  as  if  there  had  been 
no  dissolution  of  the  Union:  Provided,  That  such  judgment  or 
decree  was  rendered  before  the  secession  of  the  state  from  which 
such  cause  went  to  the  Supreme  Court. 

When  any  cause  is  transferred  under  the  provisions  of  this 
law,  notice  of  such  transfer  shall  be  given  to  the  adverse  party 
or  his  counsel  thirty  days  before  the  term  of  the  court  at  which 
such  cause  is  to  be  tried. 

Sec.  50.  In  all  cases  where  persons  are  under  judgment  or 
sentence,  or  are  imprisoned  Upon  conviction  of  any  crime  or 
offence  before  any  court  of  the  United  Slates,  in  any  of  the 
states  now  forming  a  part  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
such  judgment  or  sentence  shall  continue  in  full  force  and  effect, 
until  the  same  has  been  executed  and  carried  out,  and  the  said 
district  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  arc  hereby  clothed 
with  all  necessary  powers  to  have  such  judgment  or  sentence 
executed. 

And  no  person  now  under  arrest  or  in  custody  upon  any 
criminal  charge  or  offence,  on  process  issued  from  the  courts  of 


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the  United  States,  shall  be  released  by  reason  of  the  dissolution 
of  the  Union,  but  he  shall  continue  under  arrest  or  in  custody 
until  discharged  by  due  course  of  law.  And  any  bail  bond 
given  by  any  parly  to  answer  any  charge  under  process  from 
any  of  said  courts,  shall  be  obligatory  upon  such  party  and  his 
sureties,  and  bind  him  to  appear  at  the  first  term  of  the  district 
court  of  the  Confederate  States  to  be  held  for  the  district  in 
which  he  was  arrested. 

And  all  indictments  heretofore  found  in  any  of  the  said  courts 
and  not  yel  disposed  of  shall  continue  in  full  force  and  virtue 
until  heard  and  determined  in  the  district  court  of  the  Confede- 
rate States  for  the  district  in  which  the  same  was  found.  And 
all  warrants  or  other  process  issuing  on  any  criminal  charge 
from  any  of  said  courts  shall  continue  in  force  and  be  made 
returnable  to  the  court  of  the  district  in  the  Confederate  States 
in  which  the  offence  therein  charged  is  alleged  to  have  been 
committed.  And  to  these  ends  full  authority  is  hereby  granted 
to  said  district  courts. 

Se<  •  51.  Where,  by  the  laws  ot  any  state,  its  penitentiary  or 
jails  may  be  used  by  the  courts  or  marshals  of  the  Confederate 
States,  the  same  shall  be  so  used  whenever  necessary  ;  but  if  in 
any  state  there  be  no  law  authorizing  their  use,  then  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  marshal  to  provide  a  suitable  place  or  places 
for  the  custody  and  confinement  of  all  prisoners  or  convicts  who 
may  be  committed  to  his  custody  by  competent  legal  authority. 

Si.c  52.  Where  any  forfeiture  or  penalty  is  by  law  prescribed 
against  misfeasance  or  malfeasance  in  office  by  any  of  the  <  tli- 
cers  of  the  Confederate  States  residing  at  the  seat  of  govern- 
ment, or  where  crimes  or  olieuces  are  committed  by  any  of  said 
officers  in  their  respective  offices,  which  are  or  may  be  punisha- 
ble by  indictment,  or  where  suits  may  become  necessary  upon 
the  official  bonds  of  any  such  officers,  made  payable  to  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America,  the  jurisdiction  in  all  such  cases 
shall  pertain  to  and  be  exercised  by  the  district  court  of  the 
Confederate  States  which  shall  be  held  at  the  seat  of  govern- 
ment. 

Sue.  53.  From  all  judgments  or  decrees  winch  shall  be  ren- 
dered in  causes  pending  in  the  courts  of  the  United  States  at  the 
time  of  the  secession  of  the  states  in  which  the  same  were,  and 
which  causes  shall  be  transferred  to  and  decided  by  the  courts 
of  this  Confederacy,  writs  of  error  or  appeal  may  lie  to  the  Su- 


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prcme  Court  of  this  Confederacy,  when  the  sum  or  matter  in 
controversy  exceeds  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars. 

Si  •  .  .">4.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  and  have  effect  from  and 
after  the  passage  thereof,  and  all  laws  and  parta  of  laws  coming 
within  the  purview  of  this  act  shall  be  and  the  6ame  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved  March  16,  1861. 


No.  84.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  Custom-Houses  at  New  Orleans 
and  Charleston,  and  for  other  purposes. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  S' cites  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  following  sums  be  and  they  are  hereby  appropriated 
for  the  objects  hereafter  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  February 
the  fourth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two: 

Custom-House,  Charleston,  South  Carolina. — For  preserving 
unfinished  work  upon  the  Charleston  custom-house,  the  sum  of 
five  thousand  dollars. 

Custom-House,  New  Orleans. — For  roof,  and  preserving  un- 
finished work  upon  the  custom-house  at  New  Orleans,  the  sum 
of  ten  thousand  dollars.  For  fitting  up  suitable  rooms  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  courts,  and  clerk's  office  at  New  Orleans, 
the  sum  often  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  March  15,  1861. 


No.  85.]  A  RESOLUTION 

In  relation  to  the  Contingent  Fund  of  Congress. 

1st.  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  That  the  disbursement  of  the  contingent  fund  of 
Congress  be  placed  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  Secre- 
tary, subject  to  the  approval  of  the  committee  on  accounts. 

Resolved  further,  That  estimates  shall  regularly  be  submitted 
by  the  Secretary,  and  no  disbursement  of  the  contingent  fund 
shall  hereafter  be  audited  by  the  committee  on  accounts,  except 
in  accordance  with  such  estimates. 


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Resolved  further.  That  the  Secretary,  at  the  next  meeting  of 
this  Congress,  shall  submit  a  detailed  and  particular  statement 
of  the  payments  made  and  authorized  by  him  from  the  contin- 
gent fund  of  Congress. 

Appkoved  March  15,  186L. 


No.  86.]  AN  ACT 

To  establish  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs. 

Section-  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  an  additional  bureau  in  the  War  De- 
partment be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established,  to  be  known  as 
the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  charged  with  the  management 
of  our  relations  with  the  Indian  tribes. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  may  appoint  a 
Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs  and  one  clerk,  to  take  charge  of 
the  business  of  the  bureau  hereby  established^  the  salary  of  the 
commissioner  to  be  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
the  salary  of  the  clerk  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Appkoved  March  15,  1861. 


No.  87.]  '  AN  ACT 

To  exempt  from  Duty  certain  articles  of  Merchandise  therein 
named. 

Section  1.  Tlie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  remit  the  duty  in  all  cases  where 
commodities  were  bona  fide  purchased  or  contracted  for  on  or 
before  the  18th  day  of  February  last,  within  the  late  United 
States,  where  the  importer  has  not  been  able  to  comply  with 
the  provisions  of  the  act  to  define  more  accurately  the  exemp- 
tion of  certain  goods  from  duty,  which  required  that  the  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  should  have  been  actually  laden  oa 
board  of  the  exporting  vessel  or  conveyance  destined  for  any- 
port  in  this  Confederacy  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  March) 
in  the  present  year :  Provided,  Such  testimony  is  furnished  the* 


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Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by  the  importer  that  it  was  in 
ble  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  said  act,   and  also  that  the 
demand  aad  collection  of  said  duty   has  operated  injuriously  to 
him  or  them  beyond  the  commercial  effect  upon  articles  of  con- 
sumption by  the  imposition  of  duties. 

Sec.  2.  Ami  In  it  further  enacted,  That  all  books,  pamphlets 
and  tracts  and  other  publications  printed  and  published  by  any 
church  or  benevolent  society,  whose  organization  extend  ;  to 
and  embraces  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  free 
and  exempt  from  duty. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enact"/.  That  all  facts  herein 
required  to  exist  in  order  to  entitle  a  party  to  the  benefits  of  this 
act,  shall  be  established  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  him. 

Arrnovi:i>  March  15,  1861. 


Xo.   88.]  AN  ACT 

To  fix.  the  Ditties  on  Articles  therein  named. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  states  of 
America  do  enact,  That  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  fifteen  per  cent. 
shall  be  imposed  on  the  following  named  articles  imported  from 
abroad  into  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  in  lieu  of  the 
duties  now  imposed  by  law,  to-wit :  Coal,  cheese,  iron  in  blooms, 
pigs,  bars,  bolts  and  slabs,  and  on  all  iron  in  a  less  manufactured 
state ;  also  on  railroad  rails,  spikes,  fishing  plates,  and  chains 
used  in  the  construction  of  railroads,  paper  of  all  sorts  and  all 
manufactures  of;  wood,  unmanufactured,  of  all  sorts". 

Approved  March  15,  1861. 


No.  89.]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Navy  for  the  j  ea* 
ending  4th  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  do  enact,  That  i lie 
following  sums  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  appropriated  toi 
the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  the  fourth 


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day  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two, 
namely: 

1st.  For  the  pay  of  officers  of  the  navy  on  duty  and  off  duty, 
based  npon  the  presumption  that  all  the  grades  authorized  by 
the  act  of  1801  will  be  tilled,  one  hundred  and  thirty-one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

2d.  For  the  pay  of  officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  musi- 
cians and  privates  of  the  marine  corps,  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  thousand  rive  hundred  and  twelve  dollars. 

3d.  For  provisions  and  clothing  and  contingencies  in  paymas- 
ter's department,  one  hundred  and  thirty-three  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

4th.  For  the  pay  of  warrant  and  petty  officers,  and  of  five 
hundred  seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  hoys,  and 
engineer's  department,  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  thousand 
dollars. 

5th.  For  expenditures  which  will  be  required  for  coal  for  the 
use  of  steamers,  two  hundred  and  thirty-live  thousand  dollars. 

6th.  For  the  probable  cost  of  ten  steam  gunboats  for  coast 
defences  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  built  or  purchased,  as 
may  be  most  convenient,  one  million  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars. 

7th.  For  the  probable  cost  of  completing  and  equipping  the 
•steam  sloop  Fulton,  now  at  the  Pensacola  navy  yard,  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars. 

8th.  For  the  pay  of  officers  and  others  at  the  navy  yard,  Pen- 
sacola, fifty-four  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-three  dollars. 

9th.  For  compensation  of  four  clerks  on  duty  at  the  Navy 
Department,  as  per  act  of  11th  March,  at  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
each,  six  thousand  dollars. 

AmmovKo  March  15,  1861. 


No.  00.]  AN  ACT 

Supplementary  to  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  organize  the  Navy. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  in  case  officers  who  were  formerly 
attached  to  the  navy  of  the  United  States,  but  had  resigned  in 
consequence  of  the  secession  of  .any  one  or  all  of  the  Confede* 


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rate  States,  should  receive  appointments  in  the  navy  of  the- 
Confederate  Stales,  the  President  is  authorized  to  affix  to  their 
commissions  Bach  dates  as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  to  them 
the  same  relative  position  that  they  held  in  the  former  service- 
APFBOVXD  .March  It,  1661. 


No.  91.]  AN  A<  T 

To  authorize  the  transit  of  Merchandise  through  the  Confed- 
erate State-. 

Section-  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Covf<<]<r<<tr  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  import- 
ed from  any  foreign  country  into  the  Confederate  States,  des- 
tine 1  for  any  foreign  country,  may  be  entered  and  have  transit 
through  the  Confederate  States  free  of  duty,  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  from  time  to  time 
shall  make;  and  the  said  Secretary  of  Treasury  shall  have  pow- 
er to  make  such  regulations  as  lie  may  deem  expedient  for  the 
safety  of  the  revenue  and  the  public  convenience,  which  regula- 
tions may  be  enforced  in  the  manner  prescribed  bylaw  as  to 
other  regulations  in  relation  to  the  revenue. 

Approved  March  15,  1861. 


No.  92]  A  RESOLUTION 

To  pay  certain  Naval  Officers  their  Travelling  Expenses 

Section  l.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  of 
America  do  resolve,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be  and  he 
is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  to  Samuel  Rousseau,  Joseph  Tat  nail, 
Victor  M.  Randolph,  .1.  I),  [ngraham  and  Raphael  Semmes,  late 
officers  of  tii,.  oavy  of  the  United  States,  who  were  summoned 
to  this  city  by  the  committee* on  naval  affairs,  in  pursuance  of 
authority  conferred  on  said  committee  by  a  resolution  of  this 
body  adopted  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  February,  one  thousand 
eighl  hundred  and  sixty-one,  their  travelling  expenses  at  the 
rati  s  prescribed  by  law. 

Approved  March  15,  1861. 


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No.  93.]  AN  ACT 

To  repeal  the  Third  Section  of  an  Act  to  exempt  from  Duty 
certain  commodities  therein  named,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  third  section  of  an  act  passed  Feb- 
ruary eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  entitled  an 
act  to  exempt  from  duty  certain  commodities  therein  named  and 
for  other  purposes,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed ;  and 
that  the  tariff  laws  shall  apply  to  the  State  of  Texas  from  the 
date  of  her  admission  into  this  Confederacy  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  same  apply  to  the  other  states. 

Approved  March  15,  1861. 


No.  94.]  AN  ACT 

Supplemental  to  an  Act  to  define  and  fix  the  pay  of  the  Officers 
of  the  Congress. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Stat<  *  of 
America,  do  enact,  That  the  amount  of  salary  established  by 
the  said  aet  for  each  officer  during  the  continuance  of  the  pro- 
visional government  shall  be  deemed  a  salary  for  a  year,  and 
that  each  officer  may  receive  a  rateable  proportion  thereof  at 
any  time  during  the  year,  upon  the  warrant  of  the  President  of 
the   Congress. 


No.  95.]  A  RESOLUTION 

To   provide   for   the    Auditing   and  paying   of  certain  Claims 
against  the  Congress. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ann  r. 
ica,  That  Hon.  William  P.  Chilton,  the  resident  member  of  the 
committee  on  accounts,  be  authorized  to  audit  and  allow  ac- 
counts against  the  Congress  which  have  not  been  audited  and 
allowed — the  Secretary  of  the  Congress  to  act  with  said  member 
of  said  committee  ;  and  claims  audited  and  allowed  by  them  to 
be  paid  on  the  order  of  said  Chilton,  for  said  committee,  coun. 
tersigned  by  said  Secretary  ;  and  this  resolution  to  operate  only 
during  the  recess  of  Congress. 

Approved  March  10,  1801. 


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No.  no.]  AN  ACT 

To  appropriate  Money  for  certain  civil  purposes. 

Section  1.  The  Gongreu  of  <!>■  Confederate  Skate*  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  following  sura  be  and  the  Batne  is 
hereby  appropriated  for  the  object  hereafter  expressed,  for  the 
year  ending  die  fourth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two:  For  salary  of  Auditor  of  the  Treasury,  for  auditing  ac- 
counts of  the  war  office  in  the  expenditure  for  the  army,  the 
sum  of  three  thousand  dollars. 

Approved  .March  16,  1861. 


No.  97.]  AX   ACT 

Making  additional  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army, 
for  the  year  ending  the  first  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two. 

T/ie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
enact,  That  the  following  sum  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated, namely  :  For  the  purchase  of  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores,  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  .March  16,  1861. 


No.  08.]  AX  ACT 

Making  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  Post-Office  Depart- 
ment, for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the  first  of  .March,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty  two. 

Sir i ion   i.      The    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of 

America  do  enact,  That  the  following  sums  lie  appropriated  tor 

the  Post-Office  Department  tor  the  year  ending  the  first   of 

March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two,  out,  of  any 
moneys  in  the  treasury  arising  from  the  revenues  of  the  service 
of  said  department,  namely:  For  transportation  of  the  mails  in- 
land, one  million  one  hundred  and  two  thousand  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  dollars  forty-nine  cents  ;  for  compensation  of  post- 
masters, three  hundred  thousand  dollars ;  for  clerks  of  post- 
offices,   one  hundred  thousand  dollars;  for  ship,  steamboat  and 


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way  letters,  five  thousand  dollars;  for  office  furniture  for  post- 
offices,  two  thousand  dollars;  for  advertising,  fifteen  thousand 
dollars;  for  mail  bags,  ten  thousand  dollars;   for  paper  blanks, 

ten  thousand  dollars;  for  printing  blanks,  three  thousand 
dollars  ;  for  wrapping  paper,  eight  thousand  dollars  ;  lor  mail 
locks,  keys  and  stamps,  ten  thousand  dollars;  for  mail  depre- 
dations and  special  agents,  twenty  thousand  dollars;  for  mis- 
cellaneous payments,  forty  thousand  dollars;  tor  postage  stamps 
and  stamped  envelopes,  twenty-live  thousand  dollars;  for 
payment  on  account  of  foreign  mail  service,  seventy  five  thou- 
sand dollars ;  for  payment  of  letter  carriers,  two  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  thousand 
and  sixty  dollars  thirty-six  cents  he  and  the.  same  is  hereby 
appropriated,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  moneys  in  the  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of 
the  Post-Office  Department  for  the  year  ending  the  first  of 
March,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved,  March  16,  1861. 


No.  99.]  AN"  ACT 

To  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  appoint  Special 
Agents  in  certain  cases. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  */<(tes  do 
enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  be  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  to  appoint  special  agents  for  the  purpose  of 

organizing  the  custom-houses  at  ports  of  entry  and  delivery  on 
tin'  frontiers  between  the  Confederate  States  and  other  govern- 
ments, and  to  cause  examinations  to  be  made  of  the  books,  ac- 
counts, money  on  hand  and  general  management  of- all  the 
offices  of  the  several  collectors  of  the  customs,  sub-treasurers, 
public  depositaries,  mints,  and  all  other  officers  and  agents  who 
may  be  under  the  controll  of  the  Treasury  Department,  as  occa- 
sion may  require,  with  such  compensation,  not  exceeding  six- 
dollars  per  day  and  travelling  expenses,  as  he  may  think  reason- 
able, to  be  fixed  at  the  time  of  each  appointment.  The  agent 
selected  to  make  these  examinations  shall  be  instructed,  in  all 
offices  having  charge  of  public  funds,  to  examine  as  well 
the  books,  accounts  and  returns  of  the  officer,  as  the  money  on 


138 

band  and  the  manner  of  its  being  kept,  to  the  end  that  uniformi- 
ty and  accuracy  in  the  accounts,  as  well  as  safely  to  the  public 
moneys  may  be  secured  thereby. 

Sec.  2.  />'<  it  further  enacted,  That  this  act  shall  expire  in 
two  years  from  the  date  of  its  passage. 

Afpsot  ed,  March  10,  1801. 


No.  100]  AN  ACT 

Making  appropriation    for  the  service  of  the  Bureau  of  Indian 
Affairs. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  following  sum  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  service  of  the  Bureau  of  Indian 
Affairs,  for  the  year  ending  first  of  March,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  namely:  For  the  salary  of  the  commissioner  and 
chief  clerk  of  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs  and  incidental  ex. 
penses  of  the  bureau,  live  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  March  10,  1801. 


No  101.]  AN  ACT. 

To  amend  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  authorizing  the  President 
alone  to  make  certain  appointments. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  act  described  in  the  caption  hereof 
shall  be  held  and  construed,  to  authorize  the  President  to  ap- 
point, during  the  recess  of  Congress,  all  officers,  civil,  military 
and  naval,  established  by  law:  Provided,  Such  appointments 
shall  be  submitted  to  the  Congress  when  it  re-assembles,  for  its 
advice  and  consent. 

Approved,  March  10,  1801. 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA,  ) 
Department  of  State.  j 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  Laws  and  Resolutions  have  been 
carefully  compared  with  the  original  copies  on  file  in  the  office 
of  the  Secretary  of  State. 

WM.  F.  ALEXANDER, 

Chief  Clerk. 
Montgomery,  18th  April,  1861. 


INDEX. 


ABATEMENT— 

Of  suits 118 

ADJUTANT  aiul   I  \ Si  »E<  T<  IRG KXERAL— 

Department  organized 59 

"             act  amendatory •. 93 

"             contingencies  for 90 

Brigadier-General  may  be  assigned  to  duty  of. . .  S3 
Officers  of  department  maybe  assigned  to  com- 
mand by  President 60 

ADMIRALTY— 

At  Key  West 90-92 

Jurisdiction  of  district  court 122 

Laws  of  U.  S.  and  rules  of  court 122-123 

ALABAMA— 

Resolution  accepting  loan 33 

AMENDMENTS lig 

APPEALS— 

When   court  is  divided 124 

From  district  courts  in  criminal  cases 122 

"           "           "        in  civil  cases 123 

"           "        in  admiralty  and  equity....  124 

Key  West 91 

From  state  courts 125 

Pending  in  U.  S.  at  date  of  secession 127-128 

In  cases  transferred  and  decided  by  the  courts  of 

the  Confederacy 129-130 

Bonds  for  costs 123 

Damages  and  costs 123 

Existing  judgments  and  decrees 12  4 


142 

APPOINTMENTS— 

Commissioners  to  U.  S 89 

See  several  heads. 
APPROPRIATIONS— 

Provisional  forces 87-93 

Regular  army 88-90 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 130 

Legislative,  executive   and  judicial 104 

Post-oiliee  Department 105-136 

Purchase,  alteration,  &c,  of  anus 90 

Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs 188 

Miscellaneous 1 0G 

Executive  mansion 100 

Custom  Houses 130 

Courts  and  clerk's  office,  New  Orleans 130 

Navy 133 

For  salary  of  Auditor  of  Treasury  auditing  ac- 
counts of  War  Office 136 

ARMS— 

Purchase,  manufacture  and  alteration 40 

Purchase,  appropriation  for. 90 

"         and  preparation  of  ordnance  for  navy. .  101 
ARMY— 

General  staff. 59 

"         amendatory  act. 93 

Provisional  forces 64 

"                "     appropriations  for 87,  88,  93 

"               "              "                 "  at  Charleston  87 

Volunteers  and  militia 65-67 

Regular  organization 70  et.  seq, 

"            appropriation  for 88-90 

"                 "            oath  required 94 

ARREST— 

Persons  under,  not  discharged  by  secession 128 

ARTICLES  OF  WAR 70-77 

ARSENALS    35, 104 

ASSIGNEES— 

Suits  by 115 

ASSISTANTS— 

Assistant  Attorney-General 78 

Postmaster-General 78 


143 

ASSISTANTS— Continued. 

Assistant  Secretary  of  Slate 61,78 

"  "  Treasury 43,  78 

"  "  Treasurers 36 

"  "  Congress 107 

Treasurer,  (Mint,  X.  0.) 85 

ATTORNEYS— 

General 41,  47,65 

Assistant 7s 

District,  appointment 120 

Oath,  duty,  salary  ami  mileage 120 

Key  West 01 ,  (repealed,)  108 

Additional  compensation. .    Ill 

AUDITOR— 

Fir^t,  office  created 43 

"      salary 43 

"      duties,  powers  and  incapacities 44-45 

Second,  duties  and  salary   109,  136 

Misdemeanors  and  penalties 45 

AUTOGRAPHS 35 

BAIL— 

Bond  not  discharged  by  secession 129 

BARKER,  WILLIAM  P 52 

BILLS— 

Of  Congress 41 

And  notes 115 

BOATS— 

Mississippi 56-58 

Purchase,  arming  and  equipping 68 

Gun 107 

BONDS— 

Of  custom  officers  prior  to  1st  April,  1861,  and 

where   filed 36 

Of  Confederate  States 62 

Of  assistant  treasurer  and  treasurer  mint,  N.  O . .         85 

Marshals 113 

Clerks lb. 

Suit  upon  official,  of  officer  residing  at  seat  of  gov- 
ernment        129 

Bail  not  discharged  by  secession 129 


144. 

'•;i  i.l.io.x    ll   \DS- 

Transferred  by  Louisiana 

BUOYS '■■' 

BUREAUS— 

Light  Souse 09 

Printing > 54-55 

Indian  Affiiirs 181, AM 

CAVEATS— 

Generally 65 

As  to  Walden,  J.  M 39 

"      Barker,  W.  P 52 

CLERKS— 

Supreme  Court,  appointment,  oath,  bond  and  fees,  123 

Court  of  Admiralty,  Key  West 91 

Justice  Department 78 

Post-Office 78,86 

State  Department 77 

Navy        " 78,79,101 

Treasury ' 77 

Indian  Bureau 131, 188 

War  Department 77- -78 

Congress 107 

Of  District  Courts 112 

"  appointment,  qualification,  bond   and 

oath 113 

Bond  and  oath  signing  process 114 

u.              "      fees Hti 

"              "      failing  to  pay  over  money 120 

CLOTHING— 

For  soldiers 75 

COIN— 

Dies 79-80 

( >ffences 102-103 

COLLECTORS— 

Continued  in  office  till  1st  April,  1862 36 

Enforee  re\  enUe  laws  exoepl  Texas 38 

Entitled  to  one-half  recovered  for  violation  rev- 
enue law  Mississippi  river 56 

Light  money 108 

Mississppi  river 67 

Certain  ports  appointed  by  Secretay  of  Treasury,  60 


14-5 

COMMERCIAL  AGENTS 10-7 

COMMISSARY  GENERAL 60 

Amendatory  act 94- 

Officers  of  department  assigned  to  command 60 

COMMISSIONERS— 

To  United  States 38 

To  Europe  may  be  instructed  as  to  copy-rights^ . .  79" 

From  North  Carolina 34 

COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY— 

Office  creat  ed 43 

Salary,  duties  and  disabilities 34-35 

Misdemeanors  and  penalties 35 

CONGRESS— 

Preservation  of  bills  and  resolutions 41 

"              "    records 34- 

Printers  to 33 

Commissioners  to,  from  North  Carolina 34 

Autographs  of  members 35 

Pay  of  members 87 

"      secretary  and  other  employees 107 

Contingent  fund 130-132 

CONSTITUTION— 

Of  the  provisional  government 3 

"       permanent           "           15 

Provisional,  with  autographs.  , 35 

CONSULS— 

Number  and  appointment  and  fees 107 

CONTEMPTS  OF  COURT 118 

COPYRIGHTS— 

International 79 

COSTS— 

On  appeal 133 

Security  for 121 

COTTON— 

Export  duty  on 62 

COUNTERFEITING— 

Postage  stamps 49-50 

Treasury  notes 84 

Coin 102-103 

COUPONS— 62 

10 


146 

COURTS— 

Judicial 112  ct  seq. 

Admiralty  and  maritime  at  Key  West 90 

Martial  and  inquiry  in  navy 101 

"  "         «*         "  army 76 

Writs  tested,  supreme  court 114 

Contempts lis 

See  District,  Supreme. 

CURRENCY 102-103 

CUSTOMS— 

Officers  continued  till  1st  April,  1801 36 

"         duties,  bonds,  oaths,  salaries  and  fees.. .  .    36-3"/ 

Enforced,  except  against  Texas 33 

Secretary  of  Treasury  to  report  plan  of  reducing 

expense  of  collecting 37 

Artieks  exempt - 39,  59 

On  Mississippi  river 56-58 

Liquors  and  sugar 68 

Ports  of  entry  established  and  abolished  by  Secre- 
tary of  Treasury. 00-61 

Special  agents 137 

CUSTOM-HOUSES— 

Agents  to  organize. * = 137 

Questions  taken  under  charge.. 35 

Appropriation  for 130 

DAIILONEGA 79 

DAMAGES— 

Appeal  for  delay 123 

Failure  to  pay  over  moneys  by  clerks  or  marshal.       120 
DECREES— 

See  judgments. 
DEBT— 

Imprisonment  for 121 

DEED— 

When  marshal  dies  or  goes  out  of  office. . . , 121 

DEMURRER— 

Judgment  on .  •  •        119 

DEPARTMENTS— (See  several  heads.) 

DEPOSITIONS... 110-117 

DEPUTY  MARSHALS 118 

DIGEST-. -        M 


147 

DISTRICT  COURT— 

One  in  each  state 112 

Marshal  and  clerks'  appointment  and  term  of  office.  1 1 8 

"                    "      oath  and  bond 113 

"                     "      fees 11G 

Clerk  not  to  be  connected  with  judge  by  blood  or 

marriage 113 

Attended  by  marshal 119 

Appoints  persons  to  execute  writs  when  marshal 

or  deputy  is  party 11  3 

Test  and  seal  of  writs 114 

Seal  provided  by  judge 114 

Times  and  place  of  holding 114 

Oath  of  judge 114 

Jurisdiction 114 

Costs  when  more  actions  than  one 135 

In  matters   of  equity  where  no  separate  court  of 

equity US 

Rules  of  decision 115 

Proceedings  and  forms  of  writs 1J  ."'-1 1 8 

May  grant  new    rial . ..  110 

Injunctions,  set'./'/,  and  habeas  corpus 116 

Testimony 116-115 

Judge  may  appoint  commissioners 117 

Parties  beard  by  themselves  or  counsel 117 

Liens  of  judgment  and  execution 117 

Oral  testimony  and  examination  of  witnesses 118 

Competency  of  witnesses 118 

Reviving  suits .  118 

Production  of  books  and  writings 118 

Contempt  s 118 

Jurors,  petit 119 

grand 121 

Judgments  by  default,  confession  or  demurrer. . .  110 

Jeofails 119 

Writs  when  two  or  more  divisions 120 

Supersedeas  of  execution 120 

Time  of  issuing  execution 120 

When  marshal  dies  or  goes  out  of  office  before 

making  deed .121 

Security  for  costs 121 


148 

DISTRICT  Conn—  (\.NT!M-KM. 

Rales  for  conduct  and  dispatch  of  business ~  121 

1  debtors  imprisoned  under  process 121 

Cognizance  of  crimes  :u.<l  offences 121 

Proceedings  and  practice  in  criminal  cases 121-122 

Gognizance  of  admiralty  and  maritime  cases 122 

Laws  of  U.  S.  and  rules,  of  COUTt 123 

Writs  of  error  and  appeal 123—124 

Transfer  of  records  to,  from  U.  8.  circuit  and  dis- 
trict courts 126 

Previous  orders  in  U.  S.  courts  to  have  the  same 

effect 126 

Copies  of  papers,  &<s.,  transferred  to  be  evidence.  120 

Transferred  cases  to  fee  heard  and  decided 126 

When  cases  to  be  considered  abandoned. ... 12G 

Judgments  in  civil  eases  unsatisfied  at  secession 

have  force  and  effect ...  127 

"                      "             proceedings  on 127 

Cases  in  which  United  States  is  plaintiff! 127 

Judgment  final  when  pending  in  supreme  court  of 

U.  S.  if  not  transferred  in  12  months 128 

Judgments  of  supreme  court  of  IT.  S.  before  seces- 
sion to  be  carried  into  effect 128 

Jurisdiction  in  cases  of  malfeasance  or  misfeasance 

in  office  at  seat  of  government 129 

DOCK-YARDS 104 

DOOR-KEEPER  OF  CONGRESS 107 

DRAFTSMAN— 

Post-Office  Department 86 

DUTIES— TARIFF 39, 132 

Liquors;  malt  and  distilled,  and  sugar 68 

Commodities  exempt 39,  59,  121-132 

Export  on  cotton 62 

Tight  money 108 

Discriminating  on  vessels  repealed 58 

Repeal  of  act  exempting  certain  articles 135 

Merchandise  in  transit 134 

ENGINEERS— 

In  navy 99 

ENTRY— 

Ports  of... 60 


149 

ENVELOPES— 

Stamped #9 

Company  carrying  letter  not  enclosed 51,  liO 

EVIDENCE— 

Copies  of  official  records  and  papers  in  Treasury 

Department 

Copies  of  official  papers  and  records  transferred 

to  district  court 

EXECUTIONS 120, 122 

EXECUTIVE  MANSION 52,  IOG 

EXPRESS  COMPANY 51, 110 

FEES— 

Of  attorneys Ill 

Of  clerks  of  supreme  court 121 

"        and  marshals 116 

Of  court  commissioners 1 1% 

FELONY— 

Postage  stamps,  dies,  &c - - —        40 

Treasury  notes 83-84 

Coin,  coinage  and  mints 102-103 

FORAGE U 

FORTS— 

Cession  recommended 104 

President's  authority  when  ceded 104 

Questions  taken  under  charge   and   President  to 

communicate  to  the  several  states 35 

FRANKING  PRIVILEGE i0-5l 

FUNDS— 

Transfer  accepted 95 

GUNBOATS 107 

HABEAS  CORPUS 116 

INDIAN  AFFAIRS 131, 138 

INDICTMENTS— 

Prior  to  secession , 120 

INFORMER 45-46 

INJUNCTION,  WRITS  OF 110 

INTEREST— 

On  treasury  notes 81,  et  seg. 

Stocks  and  bonds 61-62 

On  judgments }  L9 

JAILS 120 

JEOFAILS 119 

11 


150 

.  ]>— (Sec  several  courts.) 
Advocate 88 

r:-;.MKXTS— 

Lien 117 

Amount  on  bond  or  agreement  when  by  default, 

confession,  or  on  demurrer no 

Interest  on . .  > 119 

In  cases  pending  in  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  at  seces- 
sion   128 

Of  Supreme  or  other  court  of  U.  S.  before  seces- 
sion   128 

JUDICIARY  ACT 112 

JUDICIARY  COMMITTEE— 

Authorized  to  Lave  certain  matter  printed 38 

rtjRORS 110,121 

JURY— 

Petit 113 

Crand 121 

JUSTICE,  DEPARTMENT  OF— 

Organization •• 47 

( 'lerieal  foree 78 

KEY  WEST— 

Admiralty  and  maritime  court 90 

Wrecking 92 

LABORERS— 

Employment  by  Departments 78 

"              "    P.  O.  Department 86 

LAWS— 

Publication. 42 

Preservation  of  originals 41 

United  States  not  inconsistent,  &C,  continued.  .  .  34,  76 

Revenue,  to  be  enforced 38 

Digest   of 92 

I  >f  several  states,  rules  of  decision 115 

LIENS— 

Judgments  8«d  executions 117 

LIGHTHOUSE  BUREAU.-.....,   , 69 

LIGHT  MONEY. 108 

LOAN  — 

For  support  and  defence 61 

tOUISIANA— 

Transfer  of  funds. .  - -  -  9*> 


151 

MAILS— 

Foreign "61,  63 

Domestic HO 

Chartered  and  Express  Companies 51,  110 

MARINE  CORPS 101 

Laws  United  States 102 

MARSHALS— 

Appointment 112 

Oath  ami  bond 118 

May  appoint  deputies 113 

They  and  sureties  bound  for  acts  of  deputies 113 

To  attend  District  Courts 118 

"      "      Supreme  Court 118 

Execute  precepts 113 

Command,  posae  oomitatu* 113 

'  If  interested  or  party US 

Death,  resignation  or  removal 118 

Costfi  and  fees 116 

Failing  to  pay  over  money 1-0 

Deed  l»y  successor, 121 

Provides  place  of  confinement 129 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT— 

Army 50,  60,  73 

Navy 97 

MESSENGERS— 

Post-Office  Department 78,  86 

Congress 108 

MILEAGE— 

Members  of  Congress 87 

District  Attorneys 120 

Marshal 116 

Of  jurors 119 

MILITIA. ..  65-68 

MINTS 79,  85,  102 

MISDEMEANORS— 

Letters,  carrying 51,  110 

Stamps 49-50 

Mississippi  river . . 56-58 

Frankiug  privilege 50-51 

MISSISSIPPI  RIVER. 56 

MUX  ITU  >XS  OF  WAR 40, 101 

JSTAVAL  AFFAIRS.. 37 


152 

\A\  AI,  OFFICERS— 

Travelling  expenses i :. ,' 

Navigation  laws 55 

NAVY— 

Date  of  commissions 1S3-]  84 

Organization,  regulations,  officers,  employees  ami 

salaries 95-102 

Appropriation 132-188 

XAYY  DEPARTMENT 46 

Clerical  force 77.  78 

Secretary  of,  salary 41 

His  duties  and  powers 40,  102, 134 

\  AY  Y  YARDS 35,  104 

XI-AY  ORLEANS 79,  85 

NOTARY  PUBLIC 110 

NORTH  CAROLINA 34 

OATHS— 

Assistant  treasurer  and  treasurer  of  mint 85 

( >('  officers  of  customs  prior  to  1st  April,  1  sol ... .         37 

"         "       endorsement  and  filing :;7 

"        "      Department  of  State 42 

"         "       Army 94 

Agent  of  company  carrying  mail 110 

Clerks  and  marshals 113 

OFFENCES— 

Persons  not  discharged  by  secession 129 

By  officers  at  sent  of  government 129 

•  OFFICER  OF  ORDERS  AND  DETAIL 101 

OFFICERS— (See  several  headjs.) 

Resigned  or  resigning 9* 

Oath  of,  in  army ^ 

Travelling  expenses  of  naval 134 

ORDNANCE  AND  ORDNANCE  STORES— 

For  army 130 

PARTIES..... 115,118 

PATENTS 05 

PAYMASTER— 

In  navy 98, 101 

PENITENTIARY 129 

PORTS  OF  ENTRY 01,1-7 

PLEADING— 

Jeofails 11* 


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POSTAGE— 

Rates  of  domestic 48-49 

"      "  foreign 65 

Must  be  prepaid 48 

Stamps  and  envelopes . .         49 

"  '•         forging  and  counterfeiting. .   49-50 

What  exempt.- ,         49 

Franking. . 51 

May  be  required  in  money  before  stamps  distrib- 
uted   63 

POSTMASTER— 

Defacing  stamps , 50 

Franking  privilege 50 

"  **      violating 51 

POSTMASTER-GENERAL— 

Salary 41 

Duties  and  authority 47,  51 

Violating  franking  privilege 51 

May  order  postage  paid  in  money 63 

Contracts-  for  foreign  mails. 63 

POST-OFFICE  DEPARTMENT— 

Organization ........         47 

Clerical  force . 77— 78T  86 

Appropriations 105, 137 

POWDER—  40,101 

POWDER  MILLS 40 

PRACTICE— 

Admiralty,  Key  West 92 

"  and  disirict  courts 122-123 

Judicial  courts... 112,  et  seq. 

Production  of  books,  &c 118 

In  criminal  cases 121-122 

PRESIDENT— 

Authority  to  receive  arms  and  munitions 64 

"         to  appoint  commissioners  to  U.  S   . . . .         38 

"         to  accept  provisional  forces 64 

"         to  charter  arms  and  equipments 68 

"         to  detail  captain  or  commander  for  chief 

of  Light-House  Bureau.. 69 

"         to  call  troops  into  service 76 

"        to  select  captains  and  lieutenants  of  en- 
gineers  ...         HO- 

12 


154 

EMKDENT— Coxtixueo. 

Authority  to  equip  light  lotteries 7] 

"        to  enlist  armorers 75 

"        to  assign  duties  to  officers 75 

"        to  approve  army  regulations 75 

•"        to  order  who   shall   command  different 

corps 70 

u        to  take  possession  of  property  ceded..  104 

**         to  appoint  consuls 107 

"         to  control  contingent  fund 100 

"         to  purchase  and  construct  gun-boats.  . .  107 

li        to  instruct  commissioners  to  Europe. .  .  7S 

""        to  have  treasury  notes  issued. 87 

"         to  direct  appropriation  for    support    of 

provisional  forces 96 

"         to   assign  Brigadier-General  to  duty  of 

Adjutant  and  Inspector-General 93 

"  to  assign  officers  of  Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral's, Commissary-General's  and  Ad- 
jutant-General's Departments  to  com- 
mand    GO 

"         to  fix  pay  of  seamen 101 

•"         to  determine   relative   and   assimilated 

rank  of  navy  and  army  officers 102 

"         to  approve  navy  regulations 102 

"         to  make    contracts    fur  purchase    and 

manufacture  of  munitions  "i'  war..  . .  40 
Directed  to  communicate  resolution  as  to  forts  to 

the  several  States 35 

Secretaries  of  Navy,  State  and  War  under  control  40 

Enjoins  duty  upon  Postmaster-Genera] 47 

Authorized  to  employ  private  secretary  and  mes- 
senger    4 0,  7s 

Salary 104 

Approves  seal  of  Treasury  Department 43 

Executive  mansion 52 

Required  to  instruct  collectors  to  enforce  revenue 

laws 38 

Appoints  general  officers  for  provisional  forces...  04 

.Directed  to  assume  control  of -military  operations.  03 
.'Appoints  additional  quartermasters,  commissaries 

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155 


PRESIDENT— CcwmxuED. 

Appoints  from  lieutenants,  inspectors  of  sea-coast. 

Appointments  in  regular  army.. 70, 

Appoints  Second  Auditor .. . 

"  inferior  officers 

"  attorney  and  marshal,  Key  West 

Assistant  treasurer  and  treasurer  of  mint 

Appoints  naval  officers  during  recess 

Appoints  all  officers,  civil,  military  and  naval,  dur- 
ing recess  of  Congress 

Authority  as  to  loan 

Authority  as  to  treasury  notes 

Authority  as  to  second  auditor 

Appoints  commissioner  of  Indian  affairs 

May  affix  certain  duties  to  naval  commissions..  .  . 
PRINTING— 

Reid  &  Shorter  printers  to  Congress 

Provisional  constitution  with  autograph  signatures 

Of  such  matter  as  judiciary  committee  may  desire 
to  lay  before  Congress  authorized 

For  committees  of  Congress 

Public,  in  relation  to 

Style  of 

Compensation  for,  generally •  •  ••• 

Compensation  for,  on  parchment 

Post-office  blanks,  &c 

Advertisements  in  public  gazette 

Contracts  for,  by  chief  officers 

Of  executive  departments  authorized 

Accounts  for,  sworn   to   by  contractor  or  public 
printer,  accompanied  with  vouchers 

On  parchment  

Bureau  of 

Superintendent  of 

By  whom  appointed 

Eligibility  and  duties  of. 

Appeal  from  decision  of 

Accounts  for  audited  and  allowed 

PRODUCTION— 

Of  books,  etc      

PRIVATE  SECRETARY 

PROVISIONAL  CONSTITUTION 


mi 
ft  teq. 
100 
109 
108 
65 
100 

138 
61 

109 
131 

134 


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35 

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52—55 
33,  58 

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156 

PROVISIONAL  FORCES S3 

Appropriation >7 

Appropriation  at  Charleston 87 

PROVISIONS— (Navy) 101 

BUBLIC  DEFENCE. 84,  65-68,  87-90,  93 

PUBLIC  ESTABLISHMENTS 35,  104 

QUARTERMASTER— 

Department' organized. 59 

"            amendatory  act !>b 

Officers  may  be  assigned  to  command <j<) 

()'  marines 101,  102 

RATIONS— 

In  army 75  - 

In  navy 101 

RECORDS— 

Transfer  to  Confederate  courts 126 

Copies  when  evidence 1 26 

RECRUITING So 

REGISTER  OF  TREASURY— 

Office  and  salary 4S 

Duties  and  powers .  -. 44 

Disabilities , 45 

"           violating 4" 

Signs  certificate  of  stock  or  bonds 02 

Countersigns  treasury  notes SI 

REGISTRY— 

Of  letters 51 

Of  vessels 6$ 

SALARY— 

President 104 

Vice  President 41 

Heads  <>f  Departments 41 

Assistant  Attorney-General 78 

Assistant  Secretaries 78 

Private  Secretary 78 

Clerks  and  messengers 77-78 

Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs  and  clerk 131 

Officers  of  Congress 107 

Officers  of  navy 95,  et  seq. 

First  Auditor 78 

Second  Auditor 109 

Register 


157 

SALARY— Continued. 

Comptroller 78 

Treasurer 78 

Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs 131 

"  "     clerk 131 

Officers  of  Congress 135 

SCIRE  FA  CIAS 116 

SEAMEN— 

Pay  fixed  by  President  101 

Rations 101 

SECRETARY— 

Of  Congress 52, 107 

"  "         Assistant 107 

"    Navy — 

Salary 41, 135 

Duties  and  powers 46,  102 

Authorized  to    pay  certain    travelling    ex- 
penses         134 

"   State- 
Salary 41 

Duties  and  powers,  &G 41-42 

Assistant 61,  78 

"  Clerks 77-78 

"    Treasury — 

Salary 41 

General  duties  and  powers 43-45,  135 

Appoints  special  agents 137 

Disabilities 45 

"         violating 45 

Powers  as  to  ports  of  entry 60-61,  137 

"         ""      "        "       "   collectors 61,137 

Duties  and  powers  in  relation  to  loan 62 

May  remit  duties  in  certain  cases 131, 132 

Light  House  Bureau 68 

Assistant 43,  44 

"        Disabilities 45 

"         violating 45 

"   War- 
Salary  41 

Department 46 

Army  and  Indians 46 

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158 

SE< '  I J  KTARY— Costixued. 

Under  control  of  President 46 

Gierke 46,  77-78 

Prepares  and  publishes  regulations 75 

Bond   Quartermaster  and    Commissary  De- 
partment   75 

Apply  appropriation  for  regular  army 00 

SHIPS— 

Light  money 108 

Discriminating  duties  repealed 58 

Purchase,  armiug  and  equipping 6S 

Registration = 68 

SINKING  FUND 62 

STAMPS 49-50,  63 

STATUTES— 

Of  United  States 34,  102 

Registration  of  letters 51 

Originals  preserved 41 

Publication 42 

Digest 92 

STOCKS. 61,  62 

SUBSISTENCP;  Army 60 

Navy 101 

SUGAR \ 68 

SUITS,  when  considered  abandoned 126 

SUPREME  COURT— 

Annual  session  at  seat  of  Government 112 

Adjournment  by  one  judge  if  no  quorum 112 

Marshal  of  District  attends US 

Test  of  writs 1 14 

Seal II4 

Oath   of  judges '  1 4 

Writs  of  sci.  fa.,  and  habeas  corpus  and  in- 
junction   H6 

Suits  revived  by  ad.  fa 118 

Contempts !  1 8 

Writs  of  error  supersedeas 121 

"     of    "     in  criminal  cases 122 

<;  "     in  civil  cases, 123,127-129 

"     Key  West 91 

State  courts 125-126 

Bonds  for  costs 123 


159 

SUPREME  COURT— Continued. 

Clerk  appointment,  oath,  bond  and  foes 123 

May  adjudge  damages  for  delay 123 

Appeals  when  sum  exceeds  $5,000 124 

Appeals   and  writs   of  error  from   existing  judg- 
ments and  decrees 124 

May  make  rules 124 

When  equally  divided  but  not  full,  re-argument. .        124 

Re-argument,  full  judgment  affirmed 124 

Orriginal  and  exclusive  jurisdiction 124-125 

Writs  of  mandamus  and  prohibition 125 

Cases  pending  in  United  States 127—128  ' 

Unexecuted  judgments  of  U.  S.  rendered  before 

secession 128-129 

Writs  of  error  or  appeal  in  cases  transferred  and 

decided  by  Courts  of  Confederacy 120-130 

Cannot  issue  execution  on  writ  of  error 123 

Trial  by  jury 126 

Notice  of  transfer  from  Supreme  Court  of  U.  S., 

to  that    of  Confederate  States 12S 

SURGEON— 

General 60-78 

Army 60 

Navy 97 

TARIFF— 

Existing  laws  to  be  enforced 38 

On  coal,  iron,  cheese,  etc 132 

Texas  excepted 38,  40 

Applied  to  Texas 135 

Certain  commodities  exempt 39,  59, 131-132 

Repeal  of  act  of  exemption 135 

On  liquors  and  sugar 68 

Merchandise  in  transit 134 

Materials   for  telegraph   lines,  Forts  Morgan  and 

Pulaski,  exempt 80 

TELEGRAPH  LINES— 

Materials,  Forts  Morgan  and  Pulaski  exempt  from 

duty 80 

TESTIMONY 116-118,  126 

TEXAS— 

Exempted  from  revenue  laws 38,  40 

Admission G4 

Tariff  laws  applied 135 


160 

TREASURER— 

Assistants,  continued  till  1st  April,  1801 36 

Assistants,  duties,  powers,  salaries,  bonds  and  oath.  :SG-:17 

At  New  Orleans,  duties,  &C 85 

( >ffice  created 43 

Salary 41 

Duties  and  bond US 

In  regard  to  Treasury  notes 81  et  seq. 

Disabilites  and  penalties 45 

TREASURY— 

Department 43 

Notes 81,  et  seq. 

[JETTED  STATES— 

Certain  laws  of,  continued 34 

Rules  and  articles  of  war 76 

VESSELS— 

Discriminating  duties   repealed 58 

On  Mississippi  River 56-58 

Chartered  or  purchased,  armed  and  equipped. ...  OS 

Registration 08 

Light  money 108 

VICE  PRESIDENT,  SALARY.— 41 

WAR— 

Department  established s 40 

"         clerical  force 77-78 

"         Second  Auditor  of  Treasury  audits  ac- 
counts   40 

"         Contracts  for  munitions 109 

WARRANTS— 

On  criminal  charge  prior  to  secession  in  force  and 

returnable 129 

WRECKING— 

License. 92 

WRITS— 

Test  and  Seal 114 

Forms 115-116 

Injunction,  sci.fa.  and  habeas  corpus 110 

On  criminal  charge  issued  before  secession  con- 
tinued in  force  and  returnable  to  District  Court.       129 

When  two  or  more  divisions  of  District  Court. . .  120 

Mistake,  omission  or  defection 119 


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